7But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-12)Here are several laws in these verses which seem to stoop very low, and to take cognizance of things mean and minute. Men’s laws commonly do not so: Deut. minimis non curat lex—The law takes no cognizance of little things ; but because God’s providence extends itself to the smallest affairs, his precepts do so, that even in them we may be in the fear of the Lord , as we are under his eye and care.…
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