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Proverbs 3:28
Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.
Proverbs 3:28 · Berean Standard Bible
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Proverbs 3:28 in other translations
Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.
Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you," when you have it by you.
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In context
25 Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
26 for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
27 Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
28 Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.
29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
30 Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.
31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
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