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27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,
When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
28 Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again,
And to-morrow I will give;
When thou hast it by thee.

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24 There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more;
And there is that withholdeth [a]more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat;
And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
26 He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him;
But blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:24 Or, what is justly due

22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children;
And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

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21 He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth;
But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.

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16 A man’s gift maketh room for him,
And bringeth him before great men.

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17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah,
And his good deed will he pay him again.

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13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor,
He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

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He that hath a [a]bountiful eye shall be blessed;
For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:9 Hebrew good.

14 As clouds and wind without rain,
So is he that boasteth himself [a]of his gifts falsely.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:14 Hebrew in a gift of falsehood.

27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack;
But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

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