Proverbs 3:28 (WEB)

Passage

Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.

Nearby Context

Proverbs 3:26 for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.

Proverbs 3:27 Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Proverbs 3:28 Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.

Proverbs 3:29 Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.

Proverbs 3:30 Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "neighbor", "come", "again", "tomorrow", and "give". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "neighbor" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "Don t withhold good from those to..." into verse 29's "Don t devise evil against your neighbor...", so "neighbor" and "come" belong inside that flow. In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "neighbor" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.