Proverbs 11:26

Webster's Bible (1833)

People curse someone who withholds grain, But blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 29:13 : 13 The blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
  • Prov 24:24 : 24 He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;" Peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him--
  • Amos 8:4-6 : 4 Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, And cause the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, Making the ephah small, and the shekel large, And dealing falsely with balances of deceit; 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes, And sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
  • Gen 42:6 : 6 Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

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