Proverbs 3:27

Geneva Bible (1560)

Withhold not the good from the owners thereof, though there be power in thine hand to doe it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gal 6:10 : 10 While we haue therefore time, let vs doe good vnto all men, but specially vnto them, which are of the housholde of faith.
  • Jas 2:15-16 : 15 For if a brother or a sister bee naked and destitute of daily foode, 16 And one of you say vnto them, Depart in peace: warme your selues, and fil your bellies, notwithstading ye giue them not those things which are needefull to the body, what helpeth it?
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Giue to all men therefore their duetie: tribute, to whome yee owe tribute: custome, to whom custome: feare, to whome feare: honour, to whom ye owe honour.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the hire of ye labourers, which haue reaped your fieldes (which is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth, and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lord of hostes.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gaue him selfe for vs, that hee might redeeme vs from all iniquitie, and purge vs to bee a peculiar people vnto himselfe, zealous of good woorkes.
  • Gen 31:29 : 29 I am able to do you euill: but the God of your father spake vnto me yesternight, saying, Take heed that thou speake not to Iaakob ought saue good.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Wo vnto them, that imagine iniquitie, and worke wickednesse vpon their beddes: when the morning is light they practise it because their hande hath power.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 3:28-30
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    28Say not vnto thy neighbour, Go and come againe, and to morow wil I giue thee, if thou now haue it.

    29Intend none hurt against thy neighbour, seeing he doeth dwell without feare by thee.

    30Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme.

  • Deut 15:7-11
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    76%

    7If one of thy brethren with thee be poore within any of thy gates in thy land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poore brother:

    8But thou shalt open thine hand vnto him, and shalt lend him sufficient for his neede which he hath.

    9Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, to say, The seuenth yeere, the yeere of freedome is at hand: therefore it grieueth thee to looke on thy poore brother, and thou giuest him nought, and he crie vnto the Lorde against thee, so that sinne be in thee:

    10Thou shalt giue him, and let it not grieue thine heart to giue vnto him: for because of this the Lord thy God shal blesse thee in al thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand to.

    11Because there shall be euer some poore in the land, therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand vnto thy brother, to thy needie, and to thy poore in thy land.

  • Prov 24:11
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    11Deliuer them that are drawen to death: wilt thou not preserue them that are led to be slaine?

  • Prov 24:29
    73%

    29Say not, I wil doe to him, as he hath done to mee, I will recompence euery man according to his worke.

  • Ps 37:21
    73%

    21The wicked boroweth and payeth not againe. but the righteous is mercifull, and giueth.

  • Eccl 7:18
    72%

    18(7:20) It is good that thou lay hold on this: but yet withdrawe not thine hand from that: for he that feareth God, shall come forth of them all.

  • Ps 112:5
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    5A good man is mercifull and lendeth, and will measure his affaires by iudgement.

  • Prov 22:27
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    27If thou hast nothing to paye, why causest thou that he should take thy bed from vnder thee?

  • Ps 125:4
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    4Doe well, O Lord, vnto those that be good and true in their hearts.

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

    6Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.

  • Matt 6:3
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    3But when thou doest thine almes, let not thy left hand knowe what thy right hand doeth,

  • Ps 28:4
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    4Reward them according to their deedes, and according to the wickednes of their inuentions: recompense them after the woorke of their handes: render them their reward.

  • Prov 28:27
    71%

    27He that giueth vnto the poore, shall not lacke: but he that hideth his eyes, shall haue many curses.

  • Deut 24:15
    71%

    15Thou shalt giue him his hire for his day, neither shall the sunne goe downe vpon it: for he is poore, and therewith susteineth his life: lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde, and it be sinne vnto thee.

  • Jer 5:25
    71%

    25Yet your iniquities haue turned away these things, and your sinnes haue hindred good things from you.

  • Matt 5:42
    70%

    42Giue to him that asketh, and from him that would borowe of thee, turne not away.

  • Luke 6:30
    70%

    30Giue to euery man that asketh of thee: and of him that taketh away the things that be thine, aske them not againe.

  • Exod 22:25
    70%

    25If thou lende money to my people, that is, to the poore with thee, thou shalt not bee as an vsurer vnto him: yee shall not oppresse him with vsurie.

  • Job 22:7
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    7To such as were wearie, thou hast not giuen water to drinke, and hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.

  • Ps 37:3
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    3Trust thou in the Lord & do good: dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed assuredly.

  • Prov 19:17
    70%

    17He that hath mercy vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lorde: and the Lorde will recompense him that which he hath giuen.

  • Prov 5:9-10
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    70%

    9Least thou giue thine honor vnto others, and thy yeeres to the cruell:

    10Least the stranger should be silled with thy strength, and thy labours bee in the house of a stranger,

  • Deut 16:17
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    17Euery man shall giue according to the gift of his hand, and according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath giuen thee.

  • Ps 37:27
    70%

    27Flee from euill and doe good, and dwell for euer.

  • Prov 21:26
    70%

    26He coueteth euermore greedily, but the righteous giueth and spareth not.

  • Deut 24:13
    70%

    13But shalt restore him the pledge when the sunne goeth downe, that he may sleepe in his raiment, and blesse thee: and it shalbe righteousnesse vnto thee before the Lord thy God.

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    64Giue them a recompence, O Lord, according to the worke of their handes.

  • Deut 15:3
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    3Of a stranger thou mayest require it: but that which thou hast with thy brother, thine hand shall remit:

  • Prov 6:3
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    3Doe this nowe, my sonne, and deliuer thy selfe: seeing thou art come into the hande of thy neighbour, goe, and humble thy selfe, and sollicite thy friends.

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    3Haste not to goe forth of his sight: stand not in an euill thing: for he will doe whatsoeuer pleaseth him.

  • Exod 23:3
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    3Thou shalt not esteeme a poore man in his cause.

  • Prov 3:26
    69%

    26For the Lorde shall be for thine assurance, and shall preserue thy foote from taking.

  • Prov 17:13
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    13He that rewardeth euil for good, euil shall not depart from his house.

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    37Thou shalt not giue him thy money to vsurie, nor lende him thy vitailes for increase.

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    25For vnto him that hath, shall it be giuen, and from him that hath not, shall be taken away, euen that he hath.

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    22Say not thou, I wil recompense euill: but waite vpon the Lord, and he shall saue thee.

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    17Therefore, to him that knoweth howe to doe well, and doeth it not, to him it is sinne.