Verse 28

Do not say to your neighbor, 'Go and come back, tomorrow I will give it,' when you already have it with you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:13 : 13 Do not oppress or rob your neighbor. Do not withhold the wages of a hired worker overnight.
  • Deut 24:12-15 : 12 If the person is poor, do not keep their pledge overnight. 13 Return their pledge by sunset so that they may sleep in their own garment and bless you; this will be considered a righteous act before the LORD your God. 14 Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. 15 Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and depend on it. Otherwise, they may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
  • Prov 27:1 : 1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day will bring.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 Sow your seed in the morning and do not withhold your hand in the evening, for you do not know which will prosper—whether this or that, or if both will equally thrive.
  • 2 Cor 8:11 : 11 Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.
  • 2 Cor 9:3 : 3 But I have sent the brothers so that our boasting about you in this matter might not be empty, so that you may be ready, just as I said.
  • 1 Tim 6:18 : 18 Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, willing to share.