Proverbs 3:27 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 3:27

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

BSB

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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.

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,.... Honour, reverence, and tribute, to civil magistrates, Rom 13:7; just payment of debts to creditors, and alms to the poor, which, by what follows, seems to be chiefly intended; and the Septuagint render it, "do not abstain to do well to the needy;'' and Aben Ezra interprets it of the poor; to them alms are due because of their wants, and by the appointment; of God; hence called "righteousness", in some copies of Mat 6:1; so money kept from the poor "mammon of unrighteousness", Luk 16:

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

A marked change in style. The continuous exhortation is replaced by a series of maxims. From them to whom it is due - literally, as in the margin. The precept expresses the great Scriptural thought that the so-called possession of wealth is but a stewardship; that the true owners of what we call our own are those to whom, with it, we may do good. Not to relieve them is a breach of trust. Pro 3:28 Procrastination is especially fatal to the giving impulse.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תִּמְנַע־	tim.na'-	you withhold	H4513 →
ט֥וֹב	Tov	good	H2896 →
מִבְּעָלָ֑יו	mi.be.'a.Lav	from owners its	H1167 →
בִּהְי֨וֹת	bih.Yot	when belongs	H1961 →
לְאֵ֖ל	le.'El	to [the] power of	H410 →
יָדְךָ֣	ya.dei.kha	hand your	H3027 →
לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃	la.'a.Sot	to do [it]	H6213 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Galatians 6:10
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
leads to
- Hebrews 13:16
  And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15
  Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
- Titus 3:8
  This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable…
- Matthew 25:40
  And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
- Luke 6:35
  But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is…
Through
James 5:4
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.
leads to
- Leviticus 19:13
  You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
- Jeremiah 22:13
  “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
Through
Romans 13:7
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.
leads to
- Luke 20:25
  So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Proverbs

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About Proverbs