Proverbs 3:27
Do not prevent him who is able from doing good. When you are able, do good yourself too.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
In Context
26For the Lord will be at your side, and he will guard your feet, so that you may not be seized.
Cross References
Genesis 31:29my hand has power to repay you with harm. But the God of your father said to me yesterday, ‘Beware that you not speak anything stern against Jacob.’
Micah 2:1Woe to you who devise useless things and who work evil in your beds. In the morning light, they undertake it, because their hand is against God.
Galatians 6:10Therefore, while we have time, we should do good works toward everyone, and most of all toward those who are of the household of the faith.
James 2:15So if a brother or sister is naked and daily in need of food,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:22-27
The Excellency of Wisdom. 21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. 24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. 26 For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being… Read the whole commentary →