Proverbs 11:26-31

26 He who withholds grain, the ¹people will curse him, But ²blessing will be on the head of him who ³sells it.

27 He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, But ⁴he who seeks evil, evil will come to him.

28 He who ⁵trusts in his riches will fall, But ⁶the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.

29 He who ⁷troubles his own house will ⁸inherit wind, And ⁹the foolish will be servant to the wisehearted.

30 The fruit of the righteous is ¹⁰a tree of life, And ¹¹he who is wise wins souls.

31 If ¹²the righteous will be rewarded in the earth, How much * more the wicked and the sinner!

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Cross References 12

1. Proverbs 24:24
2. Job 29:13
3. Genesis 42:6
4. Esther 7:10; Psalms 7:15, 16; Psalms 57:6
5. Psalms 49:6; Mark 10:25; 1 Timothy 6:17
6. Psalms 1:3; Psalms 92:12; Jeremiah 17:8
7. Proverbs 15:27
8. Ecclesiastes 5:16
9. Proverbs 14:19
10. Proverbs 3:18
11. Proverbs 14:25; Daniel 12:3; 1 Corinthians 9:19-22; James 5:20
12. 2 Samuel 22:21, 25; Proverbs 13:21; 1 Peter 4:18

Footnotes 1

[a]. Lit "takes"

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