26He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
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He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. …
Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-26)Here we have, 1. The miseries of the slothful, whose hands refuse to labour in an honest calling, by which they might get an honest livelihood. They are as fit for labour as other men, and business offers itself, to which they might lay their hands and apply their minds, but they will not; herein they fondly think they do well for themselves, see Prov. 26:16. Soul, take thy ease . But really they…
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