Proverbs 11:26 (BSB)

The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.

From Proverbs 11. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 11:26

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 11:26: See here, 1. What use we are to make of the gifts of God's bounty; we must not hoard them up merely for our own advantage, that we may be enriched by them, but we must bring them forth for the benefit of others, that they may be supported and maintained by them.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 11:26: 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 of it; so the Targum adds, "in famine"; or, "in straits", as the Syriac version; in a time of distress through, famine: this will bring the...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 11:26: Another example of the truth of Pro 11:23; the miser loses reputation, though he saves corn. selleth it--that is, at a fair price.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 11:26: He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him: but blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that selleth [it]. (p) That provides for the use of them who are in need.