Proverbs 11:26 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁶ The people curse him who holds back grain, but a 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.

Proverbs 11:26 Krydshenvisninger

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was governor over the land; he it was who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 47:14

And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

Job 29:13

The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

Proverbs 10:6

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 24:24

He who says to the wicked, “You are innocent,” will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations;

Proverbs 28:27

He who gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.