People curse anyone withholding grain, but blessing is on the head of one who dispenses it.
Proverbs 24:24 - Tree of Life Version Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent,” people curse him and nations revile him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; Him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who says to the wicked, You are righteous and innocent–peoples will curse him, nations will defy and abhor him. American Standard Version (1901) He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him; Common English Bible Those who say to the guilty, “You are innocent”— the people will curse them. Nations will condemn them. Catholic Public Domain Version Those who say to the impious, "You are just," shall be cursed by the people, and the tribes shall detest them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They that say to the wicked man: Thou art just: shall be cursed by the people, and the tribes shall abhor them. |
People curse anyone withholding grain, but blessing is on the head of one who dispenses it.
Acquitting the wicked and condemning the righteous: both are an abomination to Adonai.
One who gives to the poor will not lack, but one who shuts his eyes will have many curses.
Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you pay for it.
Oy to those who call evil good and good evil, who present darkness as light and light as darkness, who present bitter as sweet, and sweet as bitter!
who justify the wicked for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of justice!
“As they leave, they will look on the corpses of the people who rebelled against Me. For their worm will not die, and their fire will not be quenched, and they will be a horror to all flesh.”
Because you have discouraged the hearts of the righteous with your lies, when I have not grieved him; and strengthened the hands of the wicked so he may not return from his wicked way and live,