Amos 8:4-6; Job 29:13
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...
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...
Proverbs 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27-30 is represented by a further group...
withholdeth. Different from hoarding it in store as in Egypt ( Genesis 41:34-36 ; Genesis 41:53-57 ).
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 - Who...
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...
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 frau...
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 (i...
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 wi...
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 sell...
CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, a...
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 expectati...
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 ble...
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...
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 cu...
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,...
26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. See here, 1...
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 h...
Generosity Of Spirit Will Bring Blessing And Plenty, But Niggardliness Will Bring Want And Cursing ( Proverbs 11:24-26 ). We now have three prover...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 11:25 . Liberal soul , “the soul of blessing,” i.e. , “the soul that blesses others.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRA...
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...
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 d...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 11:1 A false balance; literally, balances of deceit ( Proverbs 20:23 ). The repetition of the injunctions of Deute...
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 hi...
With — holdeth corn — In a time of scarcity. Selleth — Upon reasonable terms.
26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.