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
Noli prohibere benefacere eum qui potest : si vales, et ipse benefac.
Vulgate
μὴ ἀπόσχῃ εὖ ποιεῖν ἐνδεῆ, ἡνίκα ἂν ἔχῃ ἡ χείρ σου βοηθεῖν.
LXX
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
ASV
אַל תִּמְנַע ט֥וֹב מִ/בְּעָלָ֑י/ו בִּ/הְי֨וֹת לְ/אֵ֖ל ידי/ך יָדְ/ךָ֣ לַ/עֲשֽׂוֹת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
ו
v
noun · 83×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
נִי
ny
verb · 29×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Wonderful indeed were the things in the Temple, the Holy of Holies; and again awful were those things also that were done at Mount Sina, the fire, the darkness, the blackness, the tempest. cf. Deuteronomy 33:2 For, it says, God appeared in Sina, and long ago were these things celebrated. The New Covenant, however, was not given with any of these things, but has been given in…
Cross-references
- Deut 15:13 — And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
- Deut 24:15 — At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
- Eccl 11:4 — He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
- Gal 6:10 — As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
- Gal 6:10 — As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
- Gen 14:24 — Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
- Gen 31:29 — It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
- Jas 2:15 — If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
- Jas 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?
- Jas 5:4 — Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth
- Matt 5:42 — Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
- Mic 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- Rom 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.
- Rom 13:8 — Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.