Proverbs 3:28
Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.
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Cross references
- Leviticus 19:13 You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
- Deuteronomy 24:12–14 If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God. Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
- 2 Corinthians 8:11 Now finish the work, so that you may complete it with the same eager desire, according to your means.