The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.
Matthew 5:42 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Give to him who keeps on begging from you, and do not turn away from him who would borrow [at interest] from you. [Deut. 15:8; Prov. 24:29.] American Standard Version (1901) Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. Common English Bible Give to those who ask, and don’t refuse those who wish to borrow from you. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever asks of you, give to him. And if anyone would borrow from you, do not turn away from him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Give to him that asketh of thee and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away. |
The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.
There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.
In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don't withhold your hand; for you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of your tranquillity.
But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
Therefore *If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.*
But don't forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the holy ones, and still do serve them.
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.