Proverbs 3:27
If you are able to help people who deserve it, do not refuse to help them.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Genesis 31:29My relatives and I have the power to harm you, but last night the God whom your father worships said to me in a dream, ‘Be sure that you do not say anything at all to Jacob in an angry way.’
Micah 2:1Terrible things will happen to you who lie awake at night, planning to do wicked things. You get up at dawn, and you do those things, as soon as you are able to do them.
Galatians 6:10So, whenever we have opportunities, we should do what is good to all people. But especially we should do what is good to all our fellow believers.
James 2:15To illustrate, suppose that fellow believers, either men or women, don’t have enough clothing or food for each day.
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 →