Proverbs 11:26

The Scriptures 2009

The people curse him who withholds grain, But blessing is on the head of him who sells it.

Cross References

Genesis 42:6

And Yosĕph was the governor over the land, he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Yosĕph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the earth.

Genesis 47:14

And Yosĕph gathered up all the silver that was found in the land of Mitsrayim and in the land of Kena‛an, for the grain which they bought. And Yosĕph brought the silver into Pharaoh’s house.

Job 29:13

The blessing of the perishing one would come upon me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

Proverbs 10:6

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of the wrong.

Proverbs 24:24

He who says to the wrong, “You are righteous” – peoples curse him, Nations despise him.

Proverbs 28:27

He who gives to the poor does not lack, But he who hides his eyes does have many curses.