Proverbs 3:27-28
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[a]Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due [its rightful recipients],
When it is in your power to do it.(A)
28
Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,”
When you have it with you.(B)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:27 Using this verse as a proof text, the ancient rabbis offered the example of an employer who tells his foreman to hire workers at four zuz (small silver coins) each to do a job, and the foreman hires them at three instead. Even though they accepted the terms, the rabbis rule that they have the right to complain. Compare this with the parable of the landowner who hires workers for a denarius each. The difference there is that the first group receives a fair wage, while the last is overpaid as a matter of generosity (Matt 20:15).
Proverbs 11:24-26
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There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more;
And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.
25
The generous man [is a source of blessing and] shall be prosperous and enriched,
And he who waters will himself be watered [reaping the generosity he has sown].(A)
26
The people curse him who holds back grain [when the public needs it],
But a blessing [from God and man] is upon the head of him who sells it.
Proverbs 13:22
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A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for [the hands of] the righteous.
Proverbs 14:21
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He who despises his neighbor sins [against God and his fellow man],
But happy [blessed and favored by God] is he who is gracious and merciful to the poor.
Proverbs 18:16
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A man’s gift [given in love or courtesy] makes room for him
And brings him before great men.(A)
Proverbs 19:17
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He who is gracious and lends a hand to the poor lends to the Lord,
And the Lord will repay him for his good deed.(A)
Proverbs 21:13
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Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor
Will cry out himself and not be answered.(A)
Proverbs 22:9
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He who is generous will be blessed,
For he gives some of his food to the poor.(A)
Proverbs 25:14
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Like clouds and wind without rain
Is a man who boasts falsely of gifts [he does not give].(A)
Proverbs 28:27
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He who gives to the poor will never want,
But he who shuts his eyes [from their need] will have many curses.(A)
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