27 (A)Do not withhold good from [a]those to whom it is due,
When it is in your power to do it.
28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it to you,”
When you have it with you.

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  1. Proverbs 3:27 Lit its owners

27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,
When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
28 Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again,
And to-morrow I will give;
When thou hast it by thee.

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24 There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in poverty.
25 A [a](A)generous person will be [b]prosperous,
And one who (B)gives others plenty of water will himself be given plenty.
26 One who withholds grain, the (C)people will curse him,
But (D)blessing will be on the head of him who (E)sells it.

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  1. Proverbs 11:25 Lit soul of blessing
  2. Proverbs 11:25 Lit made fat

24 There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more;
And there is that withholdeth [a]more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat;
And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
26 He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him;
But blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

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  1. Proverbs 11:24 Or, what is justly due

22 A good person (A)leaves an inheritance to his [a]grandchildren,
And the (B)wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

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  1. Proverbs 13:22 Lit sons’ sons

22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children;
And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

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21 One who (A)despises his neighbor sins,
But (B)one who is gracious to the [a]poor is blessed.

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  1. Proverbs 14:21 Or afflicted

21 He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth;
But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.

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16 A person’s (A)gift makes room for him
And brings him before great people.

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16 A man’s gift maketh room for him,
And bringeth him before great men.

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17 One who (A)is gracious to a poor person lends to the Lord,
And He will repay him for his [a](B)good deed.

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  1. Proverbs 19:17 Or benefits

17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah,
And his good deed will he pay him again.

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13 One who (A)shuts his ear to the outcry of the poor
Will also call out himself, and not be (B)answered.

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13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor,
He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

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One who [a]is (A)generous will be blessed,
Because he (B)gives some of his food to the poor.

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  1. Proverbs 22:9 Lit has a good eye

He that hath a [a]bountiful eye shall be blessed;
For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

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  1. Proverbs 22:9 Hebrew good.

14 Like (A)clouds and (B)wind without rain
Is a person who boasts [a]of his gifts falsely.

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  1. Proverbs 25:14 Lit in a gift of falsehood

14 As clouds and wind without rain,
So is he that boasteth himself [a]of his gifts falsely.

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  1. Proverbs 25:14 Hebrew in a gift of falsehood.

27 One who (A)gives to the poor will never lack anything,
But one who [a]shuts his eyes will have many curses.

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  1. Proverbs 28:27 Lit hides

27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack;
But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

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