26He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
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The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
And 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.
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, …
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26)See here, 1. What use we are to make of the gifts of God’s bounty; we must not hoard them up merely for our own advantage, that we may be enriched by them, but we must bring them forth for the benefit of others, that they may be supported and maintained by them. It is a sin, when corn is dear and scarce, to withhold it, in hopes that it will still grow dearer, so to keep up and advance the market,…
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