17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Open rebuke is better than secret love. …
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-18)We are taught here, I. To be honest and true in all our dealings, Lev. 19:11. God, who has appointed every man’s property by his providence, forbids by his law the invading of that appointment, either by downright theft, You shall not steal , or by fraudulent dealing, “You shall not cheat, or deal falsely.” Whatever we have in the world, we must see to it that it be honestly come by, for we cannot…
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