Proverbs 3:27-28
Legacy Standard Bible
27 (A)Do not withhold good from [a]those to whom it is due,
When it is in your hand to do it.
28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,”
When it is there with you.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 3:27 Lit its owners
Proverbs 3:27-28
Common English Bible
27 Don’t withhold good from someone who deserves it,
when it is in your power to do so.
28 Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go and come back;
I’ll give it to you tomorrow,” when you have it.
Proverbs 11:24-26
Legacy Standard Bible
24 There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who holds back what is rightly due, and yet results only in want.
25 The soul [a]that (A)blesses will be [b]enriched,
And he who (B)waters will himself be watered.
26 He who withholds grain, the (C)people will curse him,
But (D)blessing will be on the head of him who (E)sells it.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 11:25 Lit of blessing
- Proverbs 11:25 Lit made fat
Proverbs 11:24-26
Common English Bible
24 Those who give generously receive more,
but those who are stingy with what is appropriate will grow needy.
25 Generous persons will prosper;
those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.
26 People curse those who hoard grain,
but they bless those[a] who sell it.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 11:26 Or the heads of those
Proverbs 13:22
Legacy Standard Bible
22 A good man (A)leaves an inheritance to his [a]children’s children,
And the (B)wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 13:22 Lit sons’ sons
Proverbs 13:22
Common English Bible
22 Good people leave their grandchildren an inheritance,
but the wealth of sinners is stored up for the righteous.
Proverbs 14:21
Legacy Standard Bible
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 14:21 Or afflicted
Proverbs 14:21
Common English Bible
21 Those who despise their neighbors are sinners,
but happy are those who are kind to the needy.
Proverbs 18:16
Legacy Standard Bible
16 A man’s (A)gift makes room for him
And leads him into the presence of great men.
Proverbs 18:16
Common English Bible
16 A gift opens the way
for access to important people.
Proverbs 19:17
Legacy Standard Bible
17 He who (A)is gracious to a poor man lends to Yahweh,
And He will repay him for his (B)bountiful deed.
Proverbs 19:17
Common English Bible
17 Those who are gracious to the poor lend to the Lord,
and the Lord will fully repay them.
Proverbs 21:13
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 21:13
Common English Bible
13 Those who close their ears to the cries of the poor
will themselves call out but receive no answer.
Proverbs 22:9
Legacy Standard Bible
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 22:9 Lit has a good eye
Proverbs 22:9
Common English Bible
9 Happy are generous people,
because they give some of their food to the poor.
Proverbs 25:14
Legacy Standard Bible
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 25:14 Lit in a gift of falsehood
Proverbs 25:14
Common English Bible
14 People who brag about a gift never given
are like clouds and wind that produce no rain.
Proverbs 28:27
Legacy Standard Bible
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 28:27 Lit hides
Proverbs 28:27
Common English Bible
27 Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,
but those who turn a blind eye will be greatly cursed.
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