Proverbs 3:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

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  • Gal 6:10 : 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
  • Jas 2:15-16 : 15 If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, Depart in peace, be warmed and filled, but you do not give them the things needed for the body, what does it profit?
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.
  • Gen 31:29 : 29 It is in my power to do you harm: but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Beware that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it because it is in the power of their hand.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    85%

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

    29Do not devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.

    30Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

  • Deut 15:7-11
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    76%

    7If there is among you a poor man of one of your brothers within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother.

    8But you shall open your hand wide to him, and shall surely give him sufficient for his need, in what he wants.

    9Beware that there is not a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,' and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cries to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you.

    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 shall bless you in all your works, and in all that you put your hand to.

    11For the poor will never cease out of the land; therefore I command you, saying, you shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.

  • Prov 24:11
    73%

    11If you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death, and those ready to be slain;

  • Prov 24:29
    73%

    29Do not say, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for his work.

  • Ps 37:21
    73%

    21The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous show mercy and give.

  • Eccl 7:18
    72%

    18It is good that you should take hold of this, and also from this do not withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will escape them all.

  • Ps 112:5
    72%

    5A good man shows favor and lends; he will guide his affairs with discretion.

  • Prov 22:27
    72%

    27If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

  • Ps 125:4
    71%

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

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

    6You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

  • Matt 6:3
    71%

    3But when you do your charitable deeds, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

  • Ps 28:4
    71%

    4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their due.

  • Prov 28:27
    71%

    27He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

  • Deut 24:15
    71%

    15You shall give him his wages on the same day, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it: lest he cry against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you.

  • Jer 5:25
    71%

    25Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good things from you.

  • Matt 5:42
    70%

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

  • Luke 6:30
    70%

    30Give to everyone who asks of you; and from him who takes away your goods, do not ask them back.

  • Exod 22:25
    70%

    25If you lend money to any of my people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.

  • 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 good; so you shall dwell in the land, and truly you shall be fed.

  • Prov 19:17
    70%

    17He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.

  • Prov 5:9-10
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  • Deut 16:17
    70%

    17Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you.

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    27Depart from evil and do good, and live forevermore.

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    26He covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

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    69%

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

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    69%

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    69%

    3Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you have come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and make sure your friend.

  • Eccl 8:3
    69%

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    3Nor shall you show favoritism to a poor man in his dispute.

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    69%

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    69%

    13Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

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    69%

    6In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both will be equally good.

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    69%

    37You shall not give him your money upon usury, nor lend him your food for increase.

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

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    69%

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    17Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.