Proverbs 3:27-28
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27 Whenever you are able,
·do [L do not withhold] good to people who ·need help [or deserve it].
28 If you have what your neighbor asks for,
don’t say, “Come back later.
I will give it to you tomorrow.”
Proverbs 3:27-28
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27
[a]Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due [its rightful recipients],
When it is in your power to do it.(A)
28
Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,”
When you have it with you.(B)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:27 Using this verse as a proof text, the ancient rabbis offered the example of an employer who tells his foreman to hire workers at four zuz (small silver coins) each to do a job, and the foreman hires them at three instead. Even though they accepted the terms, the rabbis rule that they have the right to complain. Compare this with the parable of the landowner who hires workers for a denarius each. The difference there is that the first group receives a fair wage, while the last is overpaid as a matter of generosity (Matt 20:15).
Proverbs 11:24-26
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24 Some people give much but get back even more.
Others don’t give what they should and end up poor.
25 Whoever ·gives to others will get richer [or blesses others will be refreshed];
those who ·help [satisfy] others will themselves be ·helped [satisfied].
26 People curse those who keep all the grain,
but they bless the one who is willing to sell it.
Proverbs 11:24-26
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24
There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more;
And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.
25
The generous man [is a source of blessing and] shall be prosperous and enriched,
And he who waters will himself be watered [reaping the generosity he has sown].(A)
26
The people curse him who holds back grain [when the public needs it],
But a blessing [from God and man] is upon the head of him who sells it.
Proverbs 13:22
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22 Good people leave their wealth to their grandchildren,
but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for ·good [righteous] people.
Proverbs 13:22
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22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for [the hands of] the righteous.
Proverbs 14:21
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21 It is a sin to ·hate [despise] your neighbor,
but being ·kind [gracious] to the needy brings ·happiness [a blessing].
Proverbs 14:21
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21
He who despises his neighbor sins [against God and his fellow man],
But happy [blessed and favored by God] is he who is gracious and merciful to the poor.
Proverbs 18:16
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16 Taking gifts to important people
will help get you in to see them.
Proverbs 18:16
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16
A man’s gift [given in love or courtesy] makes room for him
And brings him before great men.(A)
Proverbs 19:17
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17 Being ·kind [gracious; generous] to the poor is like lending to the Lord;
he will ·reward you for what you have done [fully repay you].
Proverbs 19:17
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17
He who is gracious and lends a hand to the poor lends to the Lord,
And the Lord will repay him for his good deed.(A)
Proverbs 21:13
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13 Whoever ·ignores [L closes their ears to] the poor when they cry for help
will also ·cry for help [call out] and not be answered.
Proverbs 21:13
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13
Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor
Will cry out himself and not be answered.(A)
Proverbs 22:9
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9 Generous people ·will be blessed [or he will bless],
because they share their food with the poor.
Proverbs 22:9
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9
He who is generous will be blessed,
For he gives some of his food to the poor.(A)
Proverbs 25:14
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14 People who brag about gifts they never give
are like clouds and wind that give no rain.
Proverbs 25:14
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14
Like clouds and wind without rain
Is a man who boasts falsely of gifts [he does not give].(A)
Proverbs 28:27
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27 Whoever gives to the poor will ·have everything he needs [L lack nothing],
but the one who ·ignores [turns a blind eye to] the poor will receive many curses.
Proverbs 28:27
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27
He who gives to the poor will never want,
But he who shuts his eyes [from their need] will have many curses.(A)
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