Treat Others Fairly

27 When it is in your power,[a]
don’t withhold good(A) from the one it belongs to.
28 Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go away! Come back later.
I’ll give it tomorrow”—when it is there with you.(B)
29 Don’t plan any harm against your neighbor,(C)
for he trusts you and lives near you.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:27 Lit in the power of your hands

27 Do not withhold good from its owner[a]
    when it is in the power of your hand to do.
28 Do not say to your neighbor,
    “Go and return and tomorrow I will give it,”
    when it is with you.[b]
29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor
    who dwells in confidence beside you.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:27 Or “lord”
  2. Proverbs 3:28 Literally “and there is with you”