Proverbs 11:26 - The Scriptures 2009

²⁶ The people curse him who withholds grain, But blessing is on the head of him who sells it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: But blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ The people curse him who holds back grain [when the public needs it], but a blessing [from God and man] is upon the head of him who sells it.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him; But blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

Common English Bible

²⁶ People curse those who hoard grain, but they bless those who sell it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ Whoever hides away grain shall be cursed among the people. But a blessing is upon the head of those who sell it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ He that hideth up corn, shall be cursed among the people: but a blessing upon the head of them that sell.

Proverbs 11:26 Cross References

Genesis 42:6

And Yosĕph was the governor over the land, he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Yosĕph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the earth.

Genesis 47:14

And Yosĕph gathered up all the silver that was found in the land of Mitsrayim and in the land of Kena‛an, for the grain which they bought. And Yosĕph brought the silver into Pharaoh’s house.

Job 29:13

The blessing of the perishing one would come upon me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

Proverbs 10:6

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of the wrong.

Proverbs 24:24

He who says to the wrong, “You are righteous” – peoples curse him, Nations despise him.

Proverbs 28:27

He who gives to the poor does not lack, But he who hides his eyes does have many curses.