Proverbs 3:28
If you are able to help someone you interact with, do not say, “Come back later; perhaps I can help you tomorrow.”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
27If you are able to help people who deserve it, do not refuse to help them.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:13‘Do not cheat anyone or steal from anyone. ‘If you have agreed to pay your workers at the end of the day, do what you have promised; do not keep those wages until the next day.
Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about what you will do tomorrow, because you do not know what will happen [PRS] on any day.
Ecclesiastes 11:6Start planting your seeds in the morning, and do not stop planting them until the evening, because you do not know which ones will grow better, the ones you plant in the morning or the ones you plant later in the day, or whether both will grow well.
2 Corinthians 8:11So now you should finish collecting the money [EUP] that you began to gather. In that way, everyone will know that you are just as ready to finish collecting this gift as you were to begin collecting it. Give what you are able to give.
1 Timothy 6:18Also, tell them that their good deeds must be as plentiful as their money. Specifically, they should share very generously with others what they have.
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 →