Proverbs 3:27

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

Do not withhold good from its owners, with it being in the power of your hand to act.

Latin

Noli prohibere benefacere eum qui potest: si vales, et ipse benefac.

Hebrew

English

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

A wise person is a kind and helpful neighbor. Proverbs strongly emphasizes helping those in financial need (Proverbs 11:24; 28:27; 29:7, 14).

Galatians 6:10
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
James 2:15–16
Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
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.
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.
Genesis 31:29
I 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.’
Micah 2:1
Woe 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.
Titus 2:14
He 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.