It is in my power to do you harm; but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Take heed that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.’
Proverbs 3:27 - New Revised Standard Version Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Withhold not good from those to whom it is due [its rightful owners], when it is in the power of your hand to do it. [Rom. 13:7; Gal. 6:10.] American Standard Version (1901) Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it. Common English Bible Don’t withhold good from someone who deserves it, when it is in your power to do so. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not prevent him who is able from doing good. When you are able, do good yourself too. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Do not withhold him from doing good, who is able: if thou art able, do good thyself also. |
It is in my power to do you harm; but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Take heed that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.’
Alas for those who devise wickedness and evil deeds on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in their power.
Pay to all what is due them—taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith.
And when you send a male slave out from you a free person, you shall not send him out empty-handed.
He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.
Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.