Proverbs 3:27 “Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power t…”

Proverbs 3:27

Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

American Standard Version

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

Geneva Bible 1599

Withhold not the good from the owners thereof, though there be power in thine hand to doe it.

Darby Translation

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

Young's Literal Translation

Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand [is] toward God to do [it].

Bible in Basic English

Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

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Cross references

“Withhold”

Galatians 6:10 Romans 13:7 James 5:4 Titus 2:14 James 2:15 James 2:16

Galatians 6:10 · BSB

Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.

Romans 13:7 · BSB

Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

James 5:4 · BSB

Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Titus 2:14 · BSB

He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

James 2:15 · BSB

Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.

James 2:16 · BSB

If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?

“in the”

Genesis 31:29 Micah 2:1

Genesis 31:29 · BSB

I have power to do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’

Micah 2:1 · BSB

Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

26for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.

28Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.

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