Proverbs 11:26

New English Translation

People will curse the one who withholds grain, but they will praise the one who sells it.

Cross References

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 47:14

Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace.

Job 29:13

the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;

Proverbs 10:6

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

Proverbs 24:24

The one who says to the guilty, “You are innocent,” peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him.

Proverbs 28:27

The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.