Proverbs 3:27 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 3:27

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

About this book

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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17 verses on the floor

Galatians 6:10
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
James 2:15–16
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Romans 13:8
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:7
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
James 2:16
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

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To be charitable to the poor and necessitous. If others want the necessary supports of life, and we have wherewithal to supply them, we must look upon it as due to them and not withhold it. Alms are called righteousness because they are a debt to the poor, and a debt which we must not defer to pay, Bis dat, qui cito dat -- He gives twice who gives speedily.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

5 Trust in the L ORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. We are here taught to live a life of communion with God; and without controversy great is this mystery of godliness, and of great consequence to us, and, as is here shown, will be of unspeakable advantage.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

With-hold not - Do not deny it, but readily and chearfuly impart it. Good - Any thing which is good, either counsel, comfort, reproof, or the good things of the present life. Due - That is, to all men, by that great and sovereign law of love.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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