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Wisdom in Action

27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in your power to act.
28 Do not say to your neighbor,
    “Go, and come back.
        I will pay you[a] tomorrow,”
when you have cash[b] with you.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:28 Lit. it
  2. Proverbs 3:28 The Heb. lacks cash

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]

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Footnotes

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