Proverbs 3:27-28
New Living Translation
27 Do not withhold good from those who deserve it
when it’s in your power to help them.
28 If you can help your neighbor now, don’t say,
“Come back tomorrow, and then I’ll help you.”
Proverbs 3:27-28
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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)
Footnotes
- 3.27 Heb from its owners
Proverbs 11:24-26
New Living Translation
24 Give freely and become more wealthy;
be stingy and lose everything.
25 The generous will prosper;
those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.
26 People curse those who hoard their grain,
but they bless the one who sells in time of need.
Proverbs 11:24-26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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)
Proverbs 13:22
New Living Translation
22 Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren,
but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.
Proverbs 13:22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
22 The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children,
but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.(A)
Proverbs 14:21
New Living Translation
21 It is a sin to belittle one’s neighbor;
blessed are those who help the poor.
Proverbs 14:21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 Those who despise their neighbors are sinners,
but happy are those who are kind to the poor.(A)
Proverbs 18:16
New Living Translation
16 Giving a gift can open doors;
it gives access to important people!
Proverbs 18:16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 A gift opens doors;
it gives access to the great.(A)
Proverbs 19:17
New Living Translation
17 If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord—
and he will repay you!
Proverbs 19:17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord
and will be repaid in full.(A)
Proverbs 21:13
New Living Translation
13 Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor
will be ignored in their own time of need.
Proverbs 21:13
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
13 If you close your ear to the cry of the poor,
you will cry out and not be heard.(A)
Proverbs 22:9
New Living Translation
9 Blessed are those who are generous,
because they feed the poor.
Proverbs 22:9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 Those who are generous are blessed,
for they share their bread with the poor.(A)
Proverbs 25:14
New Living Translation
14 A person who promises a gift but doesn’t give it
is like clouds and wind that bring no rain.
Proverbs 25:14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 Like clouds and wind without rain
is one who boasts of a gift never given.(A)
Proverbs 28:27
New Living Translation
27 Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing,
but those who close their eyes to poverty will be cursed.
Proverbs 28:27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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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