Proverbs 11:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.”
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“The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him; But blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing <FI>is<Fi> for the head of him who is selling.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 11:26 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 42:6Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
- Genesis 47:14Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.
- Job 29:13The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
- Proverbs 10:6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Proverbs 24:24Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”— peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
- Proverbs 28:27Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.
- Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
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