Proverbs 3:28
Do not say to your friend, || “Go, and return, and tomorrow I give,” || When substance [is] with you.
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27Do not withhold good from its owners, || When your hand [is] toward God to do [it].
29Do not devise evil against your neighbor, || And he sitting confidently with you.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:13You do not oppress your neighbor, nor take plunder; the wages of the hired worker do not remain with you until morning.
Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, || For you do not know what a day brings forth.
Ecclesiastes 11:6In the morning sow your seed, || And at evening do not withdraw your hand, || For you do not know which is right, this or that, || Or whether both of them alike [are] good.
2 Corinthians 8:11and now also finish doing [it], that even as [there is] the readiness of the will, so also the finishing, out of that which you have,
1 Timothy 6:18to do good, to be rich in good works, to be ready to impart, willing to communicate,
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 →