Proverbs 11:26

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing `is' for the head of him who is selling.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 29:13 : 13 The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.
  • Prov 24:24 : 24 Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou `art' righteous,' Peoples execrate him -- nations abhor him.
  • Amos 8:4-6 : 4 Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land, 5 Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit. 6 To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.
  • Gen 42:6 : 6 and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's brethren come and bow themselves to him -- face to the earth.

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