42Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. …
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. …
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(vv. 38-42)In these verses the law of retaliation is expounded, and in a manner repealed.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 sat…
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