27He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. …
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. …
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27)Observe, 1. Those that are industrious to do good in the world get themselves beloved both with God and man: He that rises early to that which is good (so the word is), that seeks opportunities of serving his friends and relieving the poor, and lays out himself therein, procures favour . All about him love him, and speak well of him, and will be ready to do him a kindness; and, which is better tha…
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