Proverbs 3:28

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 3:27
    85%

    27Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due when it is within your power to act.

  • Prov 3:29-30
    2 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Prov 24:27-29
    3 verses
    75%

    27Prepare your work outside and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.

    28Do not be a false witness against your neighbor or deceive with your lips.

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

  • Prov 25:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8Do not go hastily to court, lest you do something in the end that leaves you humiliated when your neighbor puts you to shame.

    9Debate your case with your neighbor, but do not reveal another’s secret.

  • Prov 25:17
    74%

    17Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

  • Matt 5:42
    73%

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

  • Exod 22:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

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

    26For it is his only covering, the cloak for his body. What else can he sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him, for I am gracious.

  • Deut 24:10-13
    4 verses
    72%

    10When you lend your neighbor anything, do not enter their house to take what is offered as a pledge.

    11You must wait outside while the person to whom you are lending brings the pledge out to you.

    12If the person is poor, do not keep their pledge overnight.

    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.

  • Deut 15:8-10
    3 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Lev 19:13
    72%

    13Do not oppress or rob your neighbor. Do not withhold the wages of a hired worker overnight.

  • Prov 6:3
    72%

    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.

  • Prov 27:1
    72%

    1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day will bring.

  • 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.

  • Lev 25:14
    71%

    14If you sell land to your neighbor or buy land from your neighbor, do not take advantage of one another.

  • Luke 6:30
    71%

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

  • Ps 37:21
    71%

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

  • Lev 25:37
    70%

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

  • Exod 22:14
    70%

    14If the owner is with the animal, the borrower does not need to pay. If it was rented, the payment covers the loss.

  • Prov 22:27
    70%

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

  • Prov 20:22
    70%

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

  • Exod 20:16
    70%

    16You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Deut 22:1
    69%

    1If you see your brother's ox or sheep wandering off, do not ignore it. Be sure to return it to your brother.

  • Prov 27:10
    69%

    10Do not abandon your friend or your father's friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in your day of disaster; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

  • Prov 21:26
    69%

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

  • Deut 5:20
    69%

    20You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Ps 28:3
    69%

    3Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak peace to their neighbors but harbor evil in their hearts.

  • Deut 23:25
    69%

    25When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you desire to satisfy yourself, but you must not put any in your basket.

  • Lev 19:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17Do not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your neighbor, and do not bear sin because of him.

    18Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

  • Jas 4:13
    68%

    13Now listen, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.'

  • Prov 5:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9Lest you give your vigor to others, and your years to someone cruel;

    10Lest strangers feast on your strength, and your hard-earned wealth end up in the house of a foreigner.

  • Ps 15:3
    68%

    3Who does not slander with his tongue, does no harm to his neighbor, and does not bring disgrace upon a relative.

  • Ps 37:8
    68%

    8Cease from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it only leads to evil.

  • Deut 15:3
    68%

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

  • Exod 22:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10the issue between them will be settled by an oath before the Lord that the neighbor has not taken the other’s property. The owner must accept this, and no restitution is required.

    11But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, restitution must be made to the owner.

  • Prov 28:27
    68%

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

  • Prov 28:22
    67%

    22A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.