37And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 33-45)Here is, I. The good advice that Joseph gave to Pharaoh, which was, 1. That in the years of plenty he should lay up for the years of famine, buy up corn when it was cheap, that he might both enrich himself and supply the country when it would be dear and scarce. Note, Fair warning should always be followed with good counsel. Therefore the prudent man foresees the evil, that he may hide himself. Go…
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