Proverbs 11:26

Modern

The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.

Traditional

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

Literal

The one withholding grain, the people will curse him, and blessing is on the head of the one selling.

Latin

Qui abscondit frumenta maledicetur in populis; benedictio autem super caput vendentium.

Hebrew

English

The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.

Generous people who give freely to others will succeed, but those who hoard their money will lose it (see Proverbs 28:27; 2 Corinthians 9:6–9).

Theme notes and profiles

Genesis 42:6
Now 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.
Job 29:13
The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
Amos 8:4–6
Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
Proverbs 24:24
Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;