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.
¶ †Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to doe it.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. the owners therof.
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- Galatians 6:10Rank 1 from verse 27
- James 2:15–16Rank 2 from verse 27
15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16And 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?
15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of dayly foode,
16And one of you say vnto them, Depart in peace, be you warmed & filled: notwithstanding ye giue them not those things which are needfull to the body: what doth it profit?
- Romans 13:7Rank 3 from verse 27
4Behold, 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.
4Beholde, the hire of the labourers which haue reaped downe your fieldes, which is of you kept backe by fraud, cryeth: and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lord of Sabaoth.
- Genesis 31:29Rank 5 from verse 27
29It 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.
29It is in the power of my hand to doe you hurt: but the God of your father spake vnto mee yesternight, saying, Take thou heed, that thou speake not to Iacob either good or bad.
1WOE 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.
1¶ Woe to them that deuise iniquitie, and worke euill vpon their beds: when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- Titus 2:14Rank 7 from verse 27
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Proverbs 3:27
To hold back, restrain, keep from giving, or refuse.
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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.
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1. Proper, fitting, or appointed for the stated time, season, order, or occasion. 2. Owed, payable, belonging, deserved, required, or rightfully assigned to a person or purpose.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: Ability, strength, force, or effective capacity to act, prevail, or produce an effect. Sense 2: Authority, right, permission, rule, dominion, or control. Sense 3: A person, authority, host, spiritual being, or other agent possessing or manifesting power.
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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
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26For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
26For the LORD shalbe thy confidence, and shall keepe thy foote from being taken.
27¶ Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
27¶ †Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to doe it.
Selected passage28Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
28Say not vnto thy neighbour, Goe, and come againe, and to morrow I will giue, when thou hast it by thee.