Proverbs 11:26

New International Version

People curse the one who hoards grain, but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.

Cross References

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the person who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 47:14

Joseph collected all the money that was to be found in Egypt and Canaan in payment for the grain they were buying, and he brought it to Pharaoh’s palace.

Job 29:13

The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing.

Proverbs 10:6

Blessings crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 24:24

Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,” will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.

Proverbs 28:27

Those who give to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.