²⁷ Don’t hold back good from those who are worthy of it.
    Don’t hold it back when you can help.
²⁸ Suppose you already have something to give.
    Don’t say to your neighbor,
“Come back tomorrow.
    I’ll give it to you then.”

²⁴ One person gives freely but gets even richer.
    Another person doesn’t give what they should but gets even poorer.

²⁵ Anyone who gives a lot will succeed.
    Anyone who renews others will be renewed.

²⁶ People ask for bad things to happen to those who store up grain for themselves.
    But people ask for God’s blessing on those who are willing to sell.

²² A good person leaves what they own to their children and grandchildren.
    But a sinner’s wealth is stored up for those who do right.

²¹ It is a sin to hate your neighbor.
    But blessed is the person who is kind to those in need.

¹⁶ A gift opens the door
    and helps the giver meet important people.

¹⁷ Anyone who is kind to poor people lends to the Lord.
    God will reward them for what they have done.

¹³ Whoever refuses to listen to the cries of poor people
    will also cry out and not be answered.

⁹ Those who give freely will be blessed.
    That’s because they share their food with those who are poor.

¹⁴ A person who brags about gifts never given
    is like wind and clouds that don’t produce rain.

²⁷ Those who give to poor people will have all they need.
    But those who close their eyes to the poor will receive many curses.