KJV King James Version
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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Proverbs 11:26
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.
WEB World English Bible
People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
ASV American Standard Version
He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him; But blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing is for the head of him who is selling.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 11
23 The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.
24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that selleth [it].
27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.
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Job 29:13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.Genesis 42:6And 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.Amos 8:4-6Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,Proverbs 24:24He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
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