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27 Do not withhold good from its owner[a]
    when it is in the power of your hand to do.
28 Do not say to your neighbor,
    “Go and return and tomorrow I will give it,”
    when it is with you.[b]
29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor
    who dwells in confidence beside you.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:27 Or “lord”
  2. Proverbs 3:28 Literally “and there is with you”

27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in your power to act.
28 Do not say to your neighbor,
    “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”—
    when you already have it with you.(A)
29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor,
    who lives trustfully near you.(B)

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