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27 Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
28 Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again;
    tomorrow I will give it to you,”
    when you have it by you.

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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.”

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24 There is one who scatters, and increases yet more.
    There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat.
    He who waters shall be watered also himself.
26 People curse someone who withholds grain,
    but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

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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.

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

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22 Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren,
    but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.

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21 He who despises his neighbor sins,
    but he who has pity on the poor is blessed.

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21 It is a sin to belittle one’s neighbor;
    blessed are those who help the poor.

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16 A man’s gift makes room for him,
    and brings him before great men.

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16 Giving a gift can open doors;
    it gives access to important people!

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17 He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh;
    he will reward him.

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17 If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord
    and he will repay you!

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13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor,
    he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

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13 Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor
    will be ignored in their own time of need.

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He who has a generous eye will be blessed;
    for he shares his food with the poor.

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Blessed are those who are generous,
    because they feed the poor.

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14 As clouds and wind without rain,
    so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.

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14 A person who promises a gift but doesn’t give it
    is like clouds and wind that bring no rain.

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27 One who gives to the poor has no lack;
    but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

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27 Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing,
    but those who close their eyes to poverty will be cursed.

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