Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 11:26
He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him: but blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that (p) selleth [it].
(p) That provides for the use of them who are in need.
He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him: but blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that (p) selleth [it].
(p) That provides for the use of them who are in need.
Verse Proverbs 11:26. _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 al...
In the early stages of commerce there seems no way of making money rapidly so sure as that of buying up grain in time of famine, waiting until the dearth presses heavily, and then selling at famine pr...
CHAPTER 11 THE CONTRAST CONTINUED The continued contrast in this chapter between the righteous and the wicked contains many precious gems, sweet to faith and wholesome for instruction. In the second v...
PROVERBS 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27 is represented by a further group (Proverbs 11:2;...
WITHHOLDETH. Different from hoarding it in store as in Egypt (Genesis 41:34; Genesis 41:53)....
_withholdeth_ e.g. by keeping back his store in time of necessity to run up the price. See Amos 8:4-6, and comp. the legend of Bishop Hatto....
HE THAT WITHHOLDETH CORN— The truth of this is experienced in all times of scarcity. They who have the hardness of heart to withhold their corn at such seasons, are accursed of God and men. The justic...
TEXT Proverbs 11:22-31 22. As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, So is a fair woman that is without discretion. 23. The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is...
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. HE THAT WITHHOLDETH CORN (IN ORDER TO RAISE THE PRICE, AND SELL AT AN EXHORBITANT P...
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be committed,...
1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5)....
Buying up corn to sell at famine prices was the evil in those days which corresponded to monopolies, trusts, and combines of later times. 'It is a wicked thing to make a dearth one's garner.'...
This verse is about greedy people. In business, we are generous, if we are fair. When poor people are hungry, some shopkeepers might refuse to sell food for a reasonable price. Then hungry people wou...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 V1 God hates false measurements. God loves honest measurements. v
HE THAT WITHHOLDETH CORN till it has reached an exorbitant price, “the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it” at a fair price. The truth of this is not aff...
מֹ֣נֵֽעַ בָּ֭ר יִקְּבֻ֣הוּ לְאֹ֑ום וּ֝ בְרָכָ֗ה...
CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes right in his way is the abomination of t...
Verse Proverbs 11:7. The antithesis of this proverb is between the condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side of...
_Corn. In times of scarcity. See Amos viii. 7._...
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
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...
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that selleth [it]. Ver. 26. _The people shall curse him,_] _i.e., _ Complain and cry out of him, as...
_He that withholdeth corn_ In a time of scarcity, when others need and desire it; _the people shall curse him_ He shall fall into the popular hatred, and be loaded with many curses; _but blessing_ Nam...
V. 26. HE THAT WITHHOLDETH CORN, as is done to this day in the so-called dealing in "futures" and in "corners in wheat," THE PEOPLE SHALL CURSE HIM, for such speculative manipulations raise the price...
10-31 This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but the general outlines equally suit every age and nation. She is very careful to recommend herself to her husband's esteem and affec...
WITHHOLDETH CORN, in a time of scarcity, when others need and desire it. BLESSING; the blessing of God, which the people shall heartily beg for him. THAT SELLETH IT upon reasonable terms....
Proverbs 11:26 people H3816 curse H5344 (H8799) withholds H4513 (H8802) grain H1250 blessing H1293 head H7218 s
GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT WILL BRING BLESSING AND PLENTY, BUT NIGGARDLINESS WILL BRING WANT AND CURSING (PROVERBS 11:24). We now have three proverbs in a minimal chiastic form which deal with the question...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The ways of righteousness are plain and safe and in them we may enjoy a holy security. The ways of wickedness are dangerous...
Proverbs 11:1. _A false balance is an abomination to the Lord._ A dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand tim...
_He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him._ WITHHOLDING CORN The text has to do with owners of corn and dealers in it. In Solomon’s day famines were frequent, and were serious because tra...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:23 The ultimate destinies of the WICKED and the RIGHTEOUS (e.g., vv. Proverbs 11:23 and...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 11:25. LIBERAL SOUL, “the soul of blessing,” _i.e._, “the soul that blesses others.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 11:24_ THE LIBERAL AND THE NIGGARDLY MAN...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 11:1 A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
Shall we turn now in Proverbs to the eleventh chapter. Now we have come in the Proverbs to individual little sayings of wisdom. Each one is separate and complete in itself and unrelated to the next. S...
Amos 8:4; Job 29:13...
With — holdeth corn — In a time of scarcity. Selleth — Upon reasonable terms....