UASV DAILY DEVOTIONAL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 06, 2022

cropped-uasv-2005.jpg

Please Support the Bible Translation Work of the Updated American Standard Version (UASV)

$5.00

The Generous Soul Will receive Blessings

Proverbs 11:26 Updated American Standard Version (UASV)
26 He who withholds grain, the people curse him,
    but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.

A woman, a man and a child, all three dead from starvation due to the Russian famine of 1921–1922

Here, Solomon is illustrating what generosity and greediness in 11:24-25 look like.

He who withholds grain, the people curse him: The Hebrew word (קָבַב qabab) rendered curse means to invoke divine harm or evil upon someone or something. It can also mean to speak poorly or badly about someone, the latter being meant here. These ones have bad things to say about the one withholding the grain. Hold back grain is a reference to the farmer or the merchant who purposely holds back his grain until the supplies are low; then, he raises prices. Grain (בַּר bar) is wheat but can generally refer to cereals or grass seeds that are eaten by people.

WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE WAITING ON GOD WORKING FOR GOD

but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it: Blessing (בְּרָכָה berakah) most times refers to God blessing a human, which is pronouncing good or showing favor, having favorable circumstances or state at a future time (Gen. 1:22), for those who have a righteous standing before him. It can also mean when someone has good things to say about another. On the head here is a reference to the human head (ראֹשׁ rosh), which is being used figuratively to represent the whole person who is receiving the blessing. Sells it (שָׁבַר shabar) is the opposite of withholding it, which means this person delivers or exchanges (sells) his grain when the market is short, not waiting for prices to go up.

In those days of selling and exchanging, there was a sure way of making money quickly. They did so by buying up grain in times of scarcity (shortage) and then waiting until the need weighed heavily (three successive years of crop failure, crop yields of one-third or one-half normal, and large populations in distress), selling at famine prices. Famine included a rise in food prices above 140% of “normal,” the movement of people in search of food, and widespread mortality. Men hate selfish greed and will sing praises and bless the one who sells at a modest profit.

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE Let God Use You to Solve Your PROBLEMS THE POWER OF GOD

Solomon is giving us yet another example, contrasting what the righteous and the wicked do. The wicked or heartless, selfish persons who sell a commodity but will buy when it is priced low and will withhold it from the market until it is incredibly high; then, he will sell. There is some good to doing this at times to get prices where they need to be, but Solomon is talking about abusing the market, not working it to make favorable adjustments. The heartless, selfish person is hated by the people, who rightly speak abusively of him. However, the selfless person will not seek to make large profits and will sell in an emergency when prices are reasonable, even barely making a profit if the people direly need his commodity. Like during a natural disaster.

SCROLL THROUGH DIFFERENT CATEGORIES BELOW

BIBLE TRANSLATION AND TEXTUAL CRITICISM

The Complete Guide to Bible Translation-2
The Reading Culture of Early Christianity From Spoken Words to Sacred Texts 400,000 Textual Variants 02
The P52 PROJECT 4th ed. MISREPRESENTING JESUS
APOSTOLIC FATHERS Lightfoot APOSTOLIC FATHERS
English Bible Versions King James Bible KING JAMES BIBLE II
9781949586121 THE NEW TESTAMENT DOCUMENTS
APOSTOLIC FATHERS Lightfoot

BIBLICAL STUDIES / INTERPRETATION

How to Interpret the Bible-1 INTERPRETING THE BIBLE how-to-study-your-bible1
how-to-study-your-bible1
israel against all odds ISRAEL AGAINST ALL ODDS - Vol. II

EARLY CHRISTIANITY

THE LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST by Stalker-1 The TRIAL and Death of Jesus_02 THE LIFE OF Paul by Stalker-1
PAUL AND LUKE ON TRIAL
APOSTOLIC FATHERS Lightfoot APOSTOLIC FATHERS I AM John 8.58

CHRISTIAN APOLOGETIC EVANGELISM

The Epistle to the Hebrews
REASONING FROM THE SCRIPTURES APOLOGETICS
AN ENCOURAGING THOUGHT_01
Young Christians
INVESTIGATING JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES REVIEWING 2013 New World Translation
Jesus Paul THE EVANGELISM HANDBOOK
REASONING WITH OTHER RELIGIONS APOLOGETICS
APOSTOLIC FATHERS Lightfoot
REASONABLE FAITH FEARLESS-1
Satan BLESSED IN SATAN'S WORLD_02 HEROES OF FAITH - ABEL
is-the-quran-the-word-of-god UNDERSTANDING ISLAM AND TERRORISM THE GUIDE TO ANSWERING ISLAM.png
DEFENDING OLD TESTAMENT AUTHORSHIP Agabus Cover BIBLICAL CRITICISM
Mosaic Authorship HOW RELIABLE ARE THE GOSPELS
THE CREATION DAYS OF GENESIS gift of prophecy

TECHNOLOGY

9798623463753 Machinehead KILLER COMPUTERS
INTO THE VOID

CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY

Why Me_ Explaining the Doctrine of the Last Things Understaning Creation Account
Homosexuality and the Christian second coming Cover Where Are the Dead
CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY Vol. CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY Vol. II CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY Vol. III
CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY Vol. IV CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY Vol. V MIRACLES
Human Imperfection HUMILITY

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

READ ALONG WITH ME READ ALONG WITH ME READ ALONG WITH ME

PRAYER

Powerful Weapon of Prayer Power Through Prayer How to Pray_Torrey_Half Cover-1

TEENS-YOUTH-ADOLESCENCE-JUVENILE

THERE IS A REBEL IN THE HOUSE thirteen-reasons-to-keep-living_021 Waging War - Heather Freeman
 
Young Christians DEVOTIONAL FOR YOUTHS 40 day devotional (1)
Homosexuality and the Christian THE OUTSIDER RENEW YOUR MIND

CHRISTIAN LIVING

GODLY WISDOM SPEAKS Wives_02 HUSBANDS - Love Your Wives
 
WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD THE BATTLE FOR THE CHRISTIAN MIND (1)-1
ADULTERY 9781949586053 PROMISES OF GODS GUIDANCE
APPLYING GODS WORD-1 For As I Think In My Heart_2nd Edition Put Off the Old Person
Abortion Booklet Dying to Kill The Pilgrim’s Progress
WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE WAITING ON GOD WORKING FOR GOD
 
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE Let God Use You to Solve Your PROBLEMS THE POWER OF GOD
HOW TO OVERCOME YOUR BAD HABITS-1 GOD WILL GET YOU THROUGH THIS A Dangerous Journey
ARTS, MEDIA, AND CULTURE Christians and Government Christians and Economics

CHRISTIAN COMMENTARIES

CHRISTIAN DEVOTIONALS
40 day devotional (1) Daily Devotional_NT_TM Daily_OT
DEVOTIONAL FOR CAREGIVERS DEVOTIONAL FOR YOUTHS DEVOTIONAL FOR TRAGEDY
DEVOTIONAL FOR YOUTHS 40 day devotional (1)

CHURCH HEALTH, GROWTH, AND HISTORY

LEARN TO DISCERN Deception In the Church FLEECING THE FLOCK_03
The Church Community_02 THE CHURCH CURE Developing Healthy Churches
FIRST TIMOTHY 2.12 EARLY CHRISTIANITY-1

Apocalyptic-Eschatology [End Times]

Explaining the Doctrine of the Last Things Identifying the AntiChrist second coming Cover
ANGELS AMERICA IN BIBLE PROPHECY_ ezekiel, daniel, & revelation

CHRISTIAN FICTION

Oren Natas_JPEG Sentient-Front Seekers and Deceivers
Judas Diary 02 Journey PNG The Rapture

Leave a Reply

Powered by WordPress.com.

Up ↑

%d bloggers like this: