Treat Others Fairly

27 When it is in your power,[a]
don’t withhold good(A) from the one to whom it belongs.
28 Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go away! Come back later.
I’ll give it tomorrow”—when it is there with you.(B)

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  1. 3:27 Lit in the power of your hands

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.

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

24 One person gives freely,
yet gains more;(A)
another withholds what is right,
only to become poor.(B)

25 A generous person will be enriched,(C)
and the one who gives a drink of water
will receive water.(D)

26 People will curse(E) anyone who hoards grain,
but a blessing will come to the one who sells it.(F)

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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.

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22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his[a] grandchildren,
but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.(A)

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  1. 13:22 Or inheritance: his

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.

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21 The one who despises his neighbor sins,(A)
but whoever shows kindness to the poor will be happy.(B)

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

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16 A person’s gift opens doors[a] for him
and brings him before the great.(A)

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  1. 18:16 Lit gift makes room

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

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17 Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord,(A)
and he will give a reward to the lender.[a](B)

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  1. 19:17 Lit to him

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

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13 The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
will himself also call out and not be answered.(A)

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

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A generous person[a] will be blessed,(A)
for he shares his food with the poor.(B)

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  1. 22:9 Lit Good of eye

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

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  1. Proverbs 22:9 Hebrew good

14 The one who boasts about a gift that does not exist
is like clouds and wind without rain.(A)

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

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27 The one who gives to the poor
will not be in need,
but one who turns his eyes away[a]
will receive many curses.(A)

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  1. 28:27 Lit who shuts his eyes

27 Whoever (A)gives to the poor will not want,
    but he who (B)hides his eyes will get many a curse.

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