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21The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again{H8762)}: but the righteous sheweth mercy{H8802)}, and giveth{H8802)}.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-33)These verses are much to the same purport with the Ps. 37:1-20 of this psalm, for it is a subject worthy to be dwelt upon. Observe here, I. What is required of us as the way to our happiness, which we may learn both from the characters here laid down and from the directions here given. If we would be blessed of God, 1. We must make conscience of giving every body his own; for the wicked borrows an…
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