Proverbs 3:28
Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
27Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
29Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:13You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Ecclesiastes 11:6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
2 Corinthians 8:11Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.
1 Timothy 6:18Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:28-35
Justice and Kindness Recommended; Caution against Envy. 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. 29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. 31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. 32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord :… Read the whole commentary →