10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. …
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.
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-12)Here Solomon fastens upon another instance of the vanity of this world, that frequently the more men have of it the more they would have; and on this they are so intent that they have no enjoyment of what they have. Now Solomon here shows, I. That selfishness is the cause of this evil ( Eccl. 4:7 , 8 ): There is one alone , that minds none but himself, cares for nobody, but would, if he could, be…
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