Proverbs 11:26 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 11:26

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

BSB

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ASV

He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him; But blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him,.... That hoards it up for a better price, in hopes of a better market; and does not bring it out, and expose it to sale, when there is a scarcity of it; so the Targum adds, "in famine"; or, "in straits", as the Syriac version; in a time of distress through, famine: this will bring the curse of the poor upon him, who will imprecate the most dreadful things on him and his family.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He that withholdeth corn - Who refuses to sell because he hopes for a dearth, and then he can make his own price. The people shall curse him - Yes, and God shall curse him also; and if he do not return and repent, he will get God’s curse, and the curse of the poor, which will be a canker in his money during time, and in his soul throughout eternity.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מֹ֣נֵֽעַ	Mo.ne.a'	[one who] withholds	H4513 →
בָּ֭ר	bar	grain	H1250 →
יִקְּבֻ֣הוּ	yi.ke.Vu.hu	they curse him	H6895 →
לְא֑וֹם	le.'om	a people	H3816 →
וּ֝בְרָכָ֗ה	u.ve.ra.Khah	and a blessing	H1293 →
לְרֹ֣אשׁ	le.Rosh	[belongs] to [the] head of	H7218 →
מַשְׁבִּֽיר׃	mash.Bir	[one who] sells grain	H7666 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 24:24
Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
leads to
- Proverbs 17:15
  Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.
- Isaiah 5:23
  who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
- Exodus 23:6–7
  You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
- Isaiah 66:24
  “As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a…
- Proverbs 30:10
  Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.
Through
Job 29:13
The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
leads to
- Job 22:9
  You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
- 2 Timothy 1:16–18
  May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.
- Isaiah 27:13
  And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on…

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04Related verses

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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About Proverbs