Proverbs 11:26

New American Bible - revised edition

Whoever hoards grain, the people curse, but blessings are on the head of one who distributes it!

Cross References

Genesis 42:6

Joseph, as governor of the country, was the one who sold grain to all the people of the land. When Joseph’s brothers came, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 47:14

Joseph gathered in, as payment for the grain that they were buying, all the money that was to be found in Egypt and Canaan, and he put it in Pharaoh’s house.

Job 29:13

The blessing of those in extremity came upon me, and the heart of the widow I made joyful.

Proverbs 10:6

Blessings are for the head of the just; but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 24:24

Whoever says to the guilty party, “You are innocent,” will be cursed by nations, scorned by peoples;

Proverbs 28:27

Those who give to the poor have no lack, but those who avert their eyes, many curses.