Proverbs 11:26

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Charge too much for grain, and you will be cursed; sell it at a fair price, and you will be praised.

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Since Joseph was governor of Egypt and in charge of selling grain, his brothers came to him and bowed with their faces to the ground.

So Joseph sold them the grain that had been stored up, and he put the money in the king's treasury.

And I was highly praised for my generosity to widows and others in poverty.

Everyone praises good people, but evil hides behind the words of the wicked.

If you let the guilty go free, people of all nations will hate and curse you.

Giving to the poor will keep you from poverty, but if you close your eyes to their needs, everyone will curse you.