8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea: …
And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? …
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. …
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)We have here the description of a flourishing kingdom. “ Blessed art thou, O land ! when it is thus with thee, when kings, princes, and people, are in their places such as they should be.” It may be taken as a directory both to magistrates and subjects, what both ought to do, or as a panegyric to Hezekiah, who ruled well and saw something of the happy effects of his good government, and it was des…
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