Proverbs 3:27
Don't 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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Referenced Verses
- Gal 6:10 : 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let's do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.
- Jas 2:15-16 : 15 And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, 16 and one of you tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;" and yet you didn't give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
- Rom 13:7 : 7 Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.
- Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.
- Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
- Gen 31:29 : 29 It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad.'
- Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
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28 Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you," when you have it by you.
29 Don't devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.
30 Don't strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
- Deut 15:7-115 verses76%
7 If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;
8 but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wants.
9 Beware that there not be a base 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 cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.
10 You shall surely give him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to.
11 For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.
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11 Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
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29 Don't say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work."
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21 The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.
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18 It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don't withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come forth from them all.
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5 It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
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27 If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
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4 Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts.
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6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
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3 But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,
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4 Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.
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27 One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.
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15 in his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you.
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25 "Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.
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42 Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
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30 Give to everyone who asks you, and don't ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.
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25 "If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.
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7 You haven't given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
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3 Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
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17 He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.
- Prov 5:9-102 verses70%
9 lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house.
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17 every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you.
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27 Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.
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26 There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.
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13 you shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless you: and it shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God.
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64 You will render to them a recompense, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.
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3 Of a foreigner you may exact it: but whatever of your is with your brother your hand shall release.
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3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.
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3 Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
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3 neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.
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26 for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.
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13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
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29 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away.
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6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don't withhold your hand; for you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
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37 You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
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25 For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away from him."
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27 The Levite who is within your gates, you shall not forsake him; for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
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3 Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?
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17 and [lest] you say in your heart, "My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth."
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22 Don't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
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8 Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
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17 To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.