Proverbs 3:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.”
Read Proverbs 3:27 in the flow of Proverbs3 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs3 to see the surrounding context.
“Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand <FI>is<Fi> toward God to do <FI>it<Fi> .”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 3:27 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 31:29I 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.’
- Deuteronomy 15:13And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed.
- Micah 2:1Woe 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.
- Romans 13:7Pay 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.
- Galatians 6:10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
- Titus 2:14He 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 2:15Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
- James 5:4Look, 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).