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Proverbs 3:27

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do so.

Generosity, money and possessionsLoving neighbors and enemies

Key words: mānaʿ ṭôḇ baʿal yāḏ

Original words

EnglishOriginal wordRoot#
Withholdtimnaʿ תִּמְנַעmānaʿ1
not'al אַל'al26
goodṭôḇ טוֹבṭôḇ4
from them to whom it is duemibʿālāyv מִבְּעָלָיוbaʿal1
when it isbihyôṯ בִּהְיוֹתhāyâ6
in the powerlᵊ'ēl לְאֵל'ēl1
of thine handyāḏḵā יָדְךָyāḏ1
to dolaʿăśôṯ לַעֲשׂוֹתʿāśâ1

Memory passages these point to

J-44 Galatians 6:7-10J-7 James 2:15-18S-7 James 2:14-18

Cross-references 7

Passages are shown in the NKJV.

Withhold not good from 5
  • Romans 13:7

    7Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.

  • Galatians 6:10 J-44 Galatians 6:7-10

    10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

  • Titus 2:14

    14who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.

  • James 2:15-16 J-7 James 2:15-18S-7 James 2:14-18

    15If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?

  • James 5:4

    4Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

in the power of thine hand to do [it] 2
  • Genesis 31:29

    29It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, "Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.'

  • Micah 2:1

    1Woe to those who devise iniquity, And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand.

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