²⁷ Do not withhold good from those who deserve it
    when it’s in your power to help them.
²⁸ If you can help your neighbor now, don’t say,
    “Come back tomorrow, and then I’ll help you.”

²⁴ Give freely and become more wealthy;
    be stingy and lose everything.

²⁵ The generous will prosper;
    those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

²⁶ People curse those who hoard their grain,
    but they bless the one who sells in time of need.

²² Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren,
    but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.

²¹ It is a sin to belittle one’s neighbor;
    blessed are those who help the poor.

¹⁶ Giving a gift can open doors;
    it gives access to important people!

¹⁷ If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord—
    and he will repay you!

¹³ Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor
    will be ignored in their own time of need.

⁹ Blessed are those who are generous,
    because they feed the poor.

¹⁴ A person who promises a gift but doesn’t give it
    is like clouds and wind that bring no rain.

²⁷ Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing,
    but those who close their eyes to poverty will be cursed.