Proverbs 3:28

New International Reader's Version

Suppose you already have something to give. Don’t say to your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow. I’ll give it to you then.”

Cross References

Proverbs 27:1

Don’t brag about tomorrow. You don’t know what a day will bring.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning plant your seeds. In the evening keep your hands busy. You don’t know what will succeed. It may be one or the other. Or both might do equally well.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

No matter what you do, work at it with all your might. Remember, you are going to the place of the dead. And there isn’t any work or planning or knowledge or wisdom there.

Song of Solomon 5:3

“But I’ve taken off my robe. Must I put it on again? I’ve washed my feet. Must I get them dirty again?

Leviticus 19:13

“ ‘Do not cheat your neighbor. Do not rob him. “ ‘Do not hold back the pay of a hired worker until morning.

2 Corinthians 8:11

So finish the work. Then your desire to do it will be matched by your finishing it. Give on the basis of what you have.

2 Corinthians 9:3

But I am sending the brothers. Then our bragging about you in this matter will have a good reason. You will be ready, just as I said you would be.

1 Timothy 6:18

Command the rich to do what is good. Tell them to be rich in doing good things. They must give freely. They must be willing to share.