27 (A)Do not withhold good from [a]those to whom it is due,
When it is in the power of your hand to do so.
28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor,
“Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,
When you have it with you.

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  1. Proverbs 3:27 Lit. its owners

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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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,
    “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”—
    when you already have it with you.(A)

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24 There is one who (A)scatters, yet increases more;
And there is one who withholds more than is right,
But it leads to poverty.
25 (B)The generous soul will be made rich,
(C)And he who waters will also be watered himself.
26 The people will curse (D)him who withholds grain,
But (E)blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

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

24 One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
    another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

25 A generous(A) person will prosper;
    whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.(B)

26 People curse the one who hoards grain,
    but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.

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22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
But (A)the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

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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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22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children,
    but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.(A)

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21 He who despises his neighbor sins;
(A)But he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

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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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21 It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor,(A)
    but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.(B)

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16 (A)A man’s gift makes room for him,
And brings him before great men.

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

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16 A gift(A) opens the way
    and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.

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17 (A)He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord,
And He will pay back what he has given.

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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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17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,(A)
    and he will reward them for what they have done.(B)

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13 (A)Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be heard.

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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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13 Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor
    will also cry out(A) and not be answered.(B)

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(A)He who has a [a]generous eye will be (B)blessed,
For he gives of his bread to the poor.

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  1. Proverbs 22:9 Lit. good

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

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  1. Proverbs 22:9 Hebrew good.

The generous will themselves be blessed,(A)
    for they share their food with the poor.(B)

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14 (A)Whoever falsely boasts of giving
Is like (B)clouds and wind without rain.

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

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

14 Like clouds and wind without rain
    is one who boasts of gifts never given.

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