^27 (A)Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,^[a]
    when it is in your power to do it.

^24 (A)One gives ^(B)freely, yet grows all the richer;
    another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
^25 (C)Whoever brings blessing ^(D)will be enriched,
    and ^(E)one who waters will himself be watered.
^26 (F)The people curse him who holds back grain,
    but ^(G)a blessing is on the head of him who ^(H)sells it.

^22 (A)A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children,
    but ^(B)the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.

²¹ Whoever ^(A)despises his neighbor is a sinner,
    but ^(B)blessed is he who is generous to the poor.

¹⁶ A man's ^(A)gift makes room for him
    and brings him before the great.

^17 (A)Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,
    and he ^(B)will repay him for his ^(C)deed.

^13 (A)Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
    will himself call out and not be answered.

^9 (A)Whoever has a bountiful^[a] eye will be blessed,
    for he ^(B)shares his bread with the poor.

¹⁴ Like ^(A)clouds and wind without rain
    is a man who ^(B)boasts of a gift he does not give.