²⁷ Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due
    when it is within your power to give it.
²⁸ Do not say to your neighbor,
“Go away! Come back some other time.
I will give something to you tomorrow,”
when in fact it is already with you right now.

²⁴ One person scatters his wealth, but it still increases.
Another hoards it unjustly, but this leads only to poverty.
²⁵ A person who spreads blessings will be enriched.
One who gives a refreshing drink will be refreshed.
²⁶ People curse the person who hoards grain,
but a blessing rests on the head of one who sells it.

²² A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.

²¹ A person who despises his neighbor is sinning,
but one who is kind to the oppressed is blessed.

¹⁶ A person’s gift opens doors^[a] for him.
It leads him into the presence of great people.

¹⁷ A person who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord.
He will repay him in full.

¹³ Whoever shuts his ear to the cries of the poor—
he too will cry out and not be answered.

⁹ A generous person will be blessed,
because he gives some of his food to the poor.

¹⁴ A person who brags about a gift that is never given
    is like clouds and wind that bring no rain.

²⁷ A person who gives to the poor will lack nothing,
but a person who closes his eyes to them will receive many curses.