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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...
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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...
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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...
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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;...
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WITHHOLDETH. Different from hoarding it in store as in Egypt (Genesis
41:34; Genesis 41:53)....
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_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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs
20:10; Amos 8:5)....
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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.'...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 11
V1 God hates false measurements.
God loves honest measurements.
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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...
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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...
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מֹ֣נֵֽעַ בָּ֭ר יִקְּבֻ֣הוּ לְאֹ֑ום
וּ֝ בְרָכָ֗ה...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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_Corn. In times of scarcity. See Amos viii. 7._...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Proverbs 11:26 people H3816 curse H5344 (H8799) withholds H4513
(H8802) grain H1250 blessing H1293 head H7218 s
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:23 The ultimate destinies of the WICKED
and the RIGHTEOUS (e.g., vv. Proverbs 11:23 and...
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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...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 11:1
A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The
repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
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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...
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Amos 8:4; Job 29:13...
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With — holdeth corn — In a time of scarcity. Selleth — Upon
reasonable terms....