Proverbs 3:28
Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.
In context
25 Do not be afraid of sudden terror or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes, 26 for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.
27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. 28 Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you. 29 Do not plan evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly beside you. 30 Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm. 31 Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways,
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 3:28 in the KJV
Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 3:28 in the NIV
Do not say to your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”— when you already have it with you.