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26He is ever merciful, and lendeth{H8688)}; and his seed is blessed.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. …
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
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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