27 (A)Do not withhold good from [a]those to whom it is due,
When it is in your power to do it.
28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it to you,”
When you have it with you.

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  1. Proverbs 3:27 Lit its owners

27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,[a]
    when it is in your power to do it.(A)
28 Do not say to your neighbor, “Go and come again;
    tomorrow I will give it,” when you have it with you.(B)

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  1. 3.27 Heb from its owners

24 There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in poverty.
25 A [a](A)generous person will be [b]prosperous,
And one who (B)gives others plenty of water will himself be given plenty.
26 One who withholds grain, the (C)people will curse him,
But (D)blessing will be on the head of him who (E)sells it.

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  1. Proverbs 11:25 Lit soul of blessing
  2. Proverbs 11:25 Lit made fat

24 Some give freely yet grow all the richer;
    others withhold what is due and only suffer want.(A)
25 A generous person will be enriched,
    and one who gives water will get water.(B)
26 The people curse those who hold back grain,
    but a blessing is on the head of those who sell it.(C)

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22 A good person (A)leaves an inheritance to his [a]grandchildren,
And the (B)wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

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  1. Proverbs 13:22 Lit sons’ sons

22 The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children,
    but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.(A)

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21 One who (A)despises his neighbor sins,
But (B)one who is gracious to the [a]poor is blessed.

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  1. Proverbs 14:21 Or afflicted

21 Those who despise their neighbors are sinners,
    but happy are those who are kind to the poor.(A)

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16 A person’s (A)gift makes room for him
And brings him before great people.

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16 A gift opens doors;
    it gives access to the great.(A)

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17 One who (A)is gracious to a poor person lends to the Lord,
And He will repay him for his [a](B)good deed.

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  1. Proverbs 19:17 Or benefits

17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord
    and will be repaid in full.(A)

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13 One who (A)shuts his ear to the outcry of the poor
Will also call out himself, and not be (B)answered.

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13 If you close your ear to the cry of the poor,
    you will cry out and not be heard.(A)

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One who [a]is (A)generous will be blessed,
Because he (B)gives some of his food to the poor.

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  1. Proverbs 22:9 Lit has a good eye

Those who are generous are blessed,
    for they share their bread with the poor.(A)

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14 Like (A)clouds and (B)wind without rain
Is a person who boasts [a]of his gifts falsely.

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  1. Proverbs 25:14 Lit in a gift of falsehood

14 Like clouds and wind without rain
    is one who boasts of a gift never given.(A)

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27 One who (A)gives to the poor will never lack anything,
But one who [a]shuts his eyes will have many curses.

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  1. Proverbs 28:27 Lit hides

27 Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing,
    but one who turns a blind eye will get many a curse.(A)

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