Proverbs 3:28

World English Bible (2000)

Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you," when you have it by you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:13 : 13 "'You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. "'The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
  • Deut 24:12-15 : 12 If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge; 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. 14 You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your foreigners who are in your land within your gates: 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.
  • Prov 27:1 : 1 Don't boast about tomorrow; for you don't know what a day may bring forth.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
  • Eccl 11:6 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 8:11 : 11 But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.
  • 2 Cor 9:3 : 3 But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,
  • 1 Tim 6:18 : 18 that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

Similar Verses (AI)

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    27 Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

  • Prov 3:29-30
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    80%

    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.

  • Prov 24:27-29
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    75%

    27 Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.

    28 Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.

    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."

  • Prov 25:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8 Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

    9 Debate your case with your neighbor, and don't betray the confidence of another;

  • Prov 25:17
    74%

    17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

  • Matt 5:42
    73%

    42 Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.

  • Exod 22:25-26
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    73%

    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.

    26 If you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,

  • Deut 24:10-13
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    72%

    10 When you do lend your neighbor any kind of loan, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.

    11 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you do lend shall bring forth the pledge outside to you.

    12 If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;

    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.

  • Deut 15:8-10
    3 verses
    72%

    8 but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wants.

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    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.

  • Lev 19:13
    72%

    13 "'You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. "'The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

  • Prov 6:3
    72%

    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.

  • Prov 27:1
    72%

    1 Don't boast about tomorrow; for you don't know what a day may bring forth.

  • Deut 24:15
    71%

    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.

  • Lev 25:14
    71%

    14 "'If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.

  • Luke 6:30
    71%

    30 Give to everyone who asks you, and don't ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

  • Ps 37:21
    71%

    21 The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.

  • Lev 25:37
    70%

    37 You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.

  • Exod 22:14
    70%

    14 "If a man borrows anything of his neighbor's, and it is injured, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

  • Prov 22:27
    70%

    27 If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

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    70%

    22 Don't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

  • Exod 20:16
    70%

    16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Deut 22:1
    69%

    1 You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide yourself from them: you shall surely bring them again to your brother.

  • Prov 27:10
    69%

    10 Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

  • Prov 21:26
    69%

    26 There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.

  • Deut 5:20
    69%

    20 "Neither shall you give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Ps 28:3
    69%

    3 Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Deut 23:25
    69%

    25 When you come into your neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not move a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.

  • Lev 19:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17 "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

    18 "'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

  • Jas 4:13
    68%

    13 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."

  • Prov 5:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    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.

  • Ps 15:3
    68%

    3 He who doesn't slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

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    68%

    8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.

  • Deut 15:3
    68%

    3 Of a foreigner you may exact it: but whatever of your is with your brother your hand shall release.

  • Exod 22:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10 "If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it;

    11 the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

  • Prov 28:27
    68%

    27 One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

  • Prov 28:22
    67%

    22 A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.