Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,
When it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Say not unto thy neighbour,
Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give;
When thou hast it by thee.
To owe no man aught but love is a command that is binding on every child of God.
To withhold another’s due when able to pay, evidences the fact that covetousness is in the heart and is being permitted to gain ascendency over the life.
Often the poor are made to suffer by thoughtlessness in this respect. Payments looked forward to for the supplying of the necessaries of life are needlessly deferred by those more blessed with earth’s goods than they; and real suffering results, often leading to bitterness and hatred. Such conduct on the par of a Christian is in every way to be deplored Money owing to another is not mine.
To use it for my own purpose is dishonesty.
God’s eye sees every such action, and He has said, “Be sure your sin will find you out!”