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Selected Verse: Proverbs 3:27 - King James

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Pr 3:27 King James 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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Promptly fulfil all obligations both of justice and charity (compare Jam 2:15-16).
 
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15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
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?
35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
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.
16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.