Proverbs 11:26
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Cross References
Genesis 47:14And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
Proverbs 10:6Blessings are upon the head of the righteous: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 28:27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:26
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. So backward we are to works of charity, and so ready to think that giving undoes us, that we need to have it very much pressed upon us how much it is for our own advantage to do good to others, as before, v. 17 . 1. We shall have the comfort of it in our own bosoms: The liberal soul, the soul of blessing, that prays for the afflicted and provides for them, that scatters blessings with gracious lips and generous hands, that… Read the whole commentary →