Proverbs 11:26

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that selleth [it].

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 29:13 : 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
  • Prov 24:24 : 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
  • Amos 8:4-6 : 4 ¶ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; [yea], and sell the refuse of the wheat?
  • Gen 42:6 : 6 And Joseph [was] the governor over the land, [and] he [it was] that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him [with] their faces to the earth.

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