Proverbs 3:27

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Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due when it is within your power to act.

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  • Gal 6:10 : 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, especially to those who belong to the household of faith.
  • Jas 2:15-16 : 15 If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, keep warm and be well fed,' but does not provide for their physical needs, what good is it?
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Render to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs are due, respect to whom respect is due, and honor to whom honor is due.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Look, the wages that you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.
  • Gen 31:29 : 29 I have the power to harm you, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to those who devise wickedness and plan evil on their beds! At dawn, they carry it out because they have the power to do it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 3:28-30
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    85%

    28Do not say to your neighbor, 'Go and come back, tomorrow I will give it,' when you already have it with you.

    29Do not plot harm against your neighbor who lives trustingly beside you.

    30Do not accuse anyone for no reason, when they have done you no harm.

  • Deut 15:7-11
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    76%

    7If there is a poor person among your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.

    8Instead, you shall freely open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.

    9Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' and you look grudgingly on your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

    10You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you undertake.

    11For there will never cease to be poor people in the land. Therefore, I command you to freely open your hand to your brother, to the needy, and to the poor in your land.

  • Prov 24:11
    73%

    11Rescue those being taken to death and hold back those stumbling toward slaughter, if you can.

  • Prov 24:29
    73%

    29Do not say, 'I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his deeds.'

  • Ps 37:21
    73%

    21The wicked person borrows and does not repay, but the righteous is gracious and gives.

  • Eccl 7:18
    72%

    18It is good to grasp one thing and not let go of the other, for the one who fears God will avoid all extremes.

  • Ps 112:5
    72%

    5Good comes to the man who is gracious and lends freely; he conducts his affairs with justice.

  • Prov 22:27
    72%

    27If you lack the means to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

  • Ps 125:4
    71%

    4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good and to those who are upright in heart.

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

    6Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.

  • Matt 6:3
    71%

    3But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

  • Ps 28:4
    71%

    4Give them according to what they have done, and according to the evil of their deeds; give them according to the work of their hands; repay them their due reward.

  • Prov 28:27
    71%

    27Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but one who hides his eyes will receive many curses.

  • Deut 24:15
    71%

    15Pay 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.

  • Jer 5:25
    71%

    25Your iniquities have diverted these blessings, and your sins have withheld good things from you.

  • Matt 5:42
    70%

    42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

  • Luke 6:30
    70%

    30Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.

  • Exod 22:25
    70%

    25If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it to him before the sun sets.

  • Job 22:7
    70%

    7You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

  • Ps 37:3
    70%

    3Trust in the LORD and do what is good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

  • Prov 19:17
    70%

    17Whoever is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his good deed.

  • Prov 5:9-10
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    9Lest you give your vigor to others, and your years to someone cruel;

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  • Deut 16:17
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    17Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.

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    27Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will dwell forever.

  • Prov 21:26
    70%

    26All day long they crave and crave, but the righteous give and do not hold back.

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    13Return 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.

  • Lam 3:64
    69%

    64Repay them, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

  • Deut 15:3
    69%

    3You may demand payment from a foreigner, but you shall release whatever your brother owes you.

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    69%

    3So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have come into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your case with your neighbor.

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    3Do not be quick to leave the king’s presence, and do not insist on an evil matter, for the king will do whatever he pleases.

  • Exod 23:3
    69%

    3Do not show partiality to a poor person in his lawsuit.

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    69%

    26For the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.

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    69%

    13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from their house.

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    69%

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  • Eccl 11:6
    69%

    6Sow 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.

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    69%

    37You must not lend them money at interest or sell them food for profit.

  • Mark 4:25
    69%

    25For whoever has, more will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

  • Deut 14:27
    69%

    27And do not neglect the Levite living in your towns, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.

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    69%

    3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands, while You favor the plans of the wicked?

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    69%

    17You may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand have produced this wealth for me.'

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    69%

    22Do not say, 'I will repay evil'; wait for the Lord, and He will deliver you.

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    69%

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  • Jas 4:17
    69%

    17So, if anyone knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.