Proverbs 3:27-28
English Standard Version
28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again,
tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:27 Hebrew Do not withhold good from 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
English Standard Version
24 (A)One gives (B)freely, yet grows all the richer;
another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
25 (C)Whoever brings blessing (D)will be enriched,
and (E)one who waters will himself be watered.
26 (F)The people curse him who holds back grain,
but (G)a blessing is on the head of him who (H)sells it.
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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:26 Or the heads of those
Proverbs 13:22
English Standard Version
22 (A)A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children,
but (B)the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
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
English Standard Version
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
English Standard Version
16 A man's (A)gift makes room for him
and brings him before the great.
Proverbs 18:16
Common English Bible
16 A gift opens the way
for access to important people.
Proverbs 19:17
English Standard Version
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
English Standard Version
13 (A)Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
will himself call out and not be answered.
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
English Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:9 Hebrew good
Proverbs 22:9
Common English Bible
9 Happy are generous people,
because they give some of their food to the poor.
Proverbs 25:14
English Standard Version
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
English Standard Version
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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