Matthew 5:42 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴²Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Matthew 5:42 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 19:17
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Luke 6:30-36
Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. …
Hebrews 13:16
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Psalms 37:21
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Psalms 112:5-9
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. …

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Alms Anger Bail Beggars Beneficence Benevolence Borrowing

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 38-42)

In these verses the law of retaliation is expounded, and in a manner repealed. Observe, I. What the Old-Testament permission was, in case of injury; and here the expression is only, Ye have heard that is has been said; not, as before, concerning the commands of the decalogue, that it has been said by, or to, them of old time. It was a command, that every one should of necessity require such satisf…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 42)

42. Give to him that asketh thee--The sense of unreasonable asking is here implied (compare Lu 6:30). and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away--Though the word signifies classically “to have money lent to one on security,” or “with interest,” yet as this was not the original sense of the word, and as usury was forbidden among the Jews (Ex 22:25, &c.), it is doubtless simple borrow…