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

28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again,
    tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.
29 (C)Do not plan evil against your neighbor,
    who (D)dwells trustingly beside you.
30 (E)Do not contend with a man for no reason,
    when he has done you no harm.
31 (F)Do not envy (G)a man of violence
    and do not choose any of his ways,
32 for (H)the devious person is an abomination to the Lord,
    but the upright are (I)in his confidence.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:27 Hebrew Do not withhold good from its owners

(A)Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
    (B)but righteousness delivers from death.

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11 (A)A false balance is an abomination to the Lord,
    (B)but a just weight is his delight.

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(A)Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life;
    (B)he who opens wide his lips (C)comes to ruin.

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11 (A)Wealth gained hastily[a] will dwindle,
    but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:11 Or by fraud

Whoever (A)walks in uprightness fears the Lord,
    but he who is (B)devious in his ways despises him.

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(A)A faithful witness does not lie,
    but (B)a false witness breathes out lies.

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27 Whoever is (A)greedy for unjust gain (B)troubles his own household,
    but he who hates (C)bribes will live.

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By (A)steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,
    and by (B)the fear of the Lord one (C)turns away from evil.

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(A)Better is a little with righteousness
    than great revenues with injustice.

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11 (A)A just balance and scales are the Lord's;
    all the weights in the bag are his work.

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A servant who deals wisely will rule over (A)a son who acts shamefully
    and (B)will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

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