Proverbs 3:28
Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
27Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
29Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:13“‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
Proverbs 27:1Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
Ecclesiastes 11:6In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
2 Corinthians 8:11But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.
1 Timothy 6:18that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing 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 →