Proverbs 11:26-31

26 ¹The people curse him who holds back grain, but ²a blessing is on the head of him who ³sells it.

27 Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor,^[a] but evil comes to ⁴him who searches for it.

28 Whoever ⁵trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will ⁶flourish like a green leaf.

29 Whoever ⁷troubles his own household will ⁸inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

30 The fruit of the righteous is ⁹a tree of life, and whoever ¹⁰captures souls is wise.

31 If ¹¹the righteous is repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

Cross References

• 1. Proverbs 24:24
• 2. [Job 29:13]
• 3. [Genesis 42:6]
• 4. See Psalms 7:16
• 5. See Psalms 49:6
• 6. Jeremiah 17:8; See Psalms 92:12
• 7. Proverbs 15:27
• 8. [Ecclesiastes 5:16]
• 9. See Proverbs 3:18
• 10. Daniel 12:3; James 5:20; See 1 Corinthians 9:19-22
• 11. [Jeremiah 25:29; 1 Peter 4:18]

Footnotes

• [a]. Or acceptance