Proverbs 3:27-28
Revised Standard Version
27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it[a] is due,
when it is in your power to do it.
28 Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again,
tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:27 Heb Do not withhold good from its owners
Proverbs 11:24-26
Revised Standard Version
24 One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer;
another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
25 A liberal man will be enriched,
and one who waters will himself be watered.
26 The people curse him who holds back grain,
but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
Proverbs 13:22
Revised Standard Version
22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.
Proverbs 14:21
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21 He who despises his neighbor is a sinner,
but happy is he who is kind to the poor.
Proverbs 18:16
Revised Standard Version
16 A man’s gift makes room for him
and brings him before great men.
Proverbs 19:17
Revised Standard Version
17 He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,
and he will repay him for his deed.
Proverbs 21:13
Revised Standard Version
13 He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor
will himself cry out and not be heard.
Proverbs 22:9
Revised Standard Version
9 He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed,
for he shares his bread with the poor.
Proverbs 25:14
Revised Standard Version
14 Like clouds and wind without rain
is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give.
Proverbs 28:27
Revised Standard Version
27 He who gives to the poor will not want,
but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.
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