Proverbs 11:26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
26 The people curse those who hold back grain,
but a blessing is on the head of those who sell it.(A)
Job 29:13
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
13 The blessing of the wretched came upon me,
and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.(A)
Genesis 42:6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 Now Joseph was governor over the land; it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.(A)
Read full chapter
Amos 8:4-6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy,
and bring to ruin the poor of the land,(A)
5 saying, “When will the new moon be over
so that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath,
so that we may offer wheat for sale?
We will make the ephah smaller and the shekel heavier
and practice deceit with false balances,(B)
6 buying the poor for silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and selling the sweepings of the wheat.”(C)
Proverbs 24:24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
24 Whoever says to the wicked, “You are innocent,”
will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,(A)
New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.