4Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.
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Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? …
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. …
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)The kindness that was commanded to be shown in reference to an enemy ( Exod. 23:4 , 5 ) is here required to be much more done for a neighbour, though he were not an Israelite, for the law is consonant to natural equity. 1. That strayed cattle should be brought back, either to the owner or to the pasture out of which they had gone astray, Deut. 22:1 , 2 . This must be done in pity to the very cattl…
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