Hos 10:12, 2Cor 9:10, Gal 6:7 | JFB | STEP | 12. Continuation of the image in ( ). Act righteously and ye shall reap the reward; a reward not of debt, but of grace. in mercy —according to the measure of the divine "mercy," which over and above repays the goodness or "mercy" which we show to our fellow man ( ). break . . . fallow ground —Remove your superstitions and vices, and be renewed. seek . . . Lord, fill he come —Though not answered immediately, persevere unceasingly " till He come." rain —send down as a copious shower. righteousness —the reward of righteousness, that is, salvation, temporal and spiritual ( ; compare ).

Hosea 10:12

12. Continuation of the image in Ho 10:11 (Pr 11:18). Act righteously and ye shall reap the reward; a reward not of debt, but of grace.

in mercy—according to the measure of the divine "mercy," which over and above repays the goodness or "mercy" which we show to our fellow man (Lu 6:38).

break . . . fallow ground—Remove your superstitions and vices, and be renewed.

seek . . . Lord, fill he come—Though not answered immediately, persevere unceasingly "till He come."

rain—send down as a copious shower.

righteousness—the reward of righteousness, that is, salvation, temporal and spiritual (1Sa 26:23; compare Joe 2:23 ).

2 Corinthians 9:10

10. Translate, as in Isa 55:10, "He that ministereth (supplieth) seed to the sower and bread for food" (literally, "bread for eating").

minister—rather future, as the oldest manuscripts, "Shall minister (supply) and multiply."

your seed—your means for liberality.

the fruits of your righteousness—the heavenly rewards for your Christian charity (Mt 10:42). Righteousness shall be itself the reward, even as it is the thing rewarded (Ho 10:12; Mt 5:6; 6:33).

Galatians 6:7

7. God is not mocked—The Greek verb is, literally, to sneer with the nostrils drawn up in contempt. God does not suffer Himself to be imposed on by empty words: He will judge according to works, which are seeds sown for eternity of either joy or woe. Excuses for illiberality in God's cause (Ga 6:6) seem valid before men, but are not so before God (Ps 50:21).

soweth—especially of his resources (2Co 9:6).

that—Greek, "this"; this and nothing else.

reap—at the harvest, the end of the world (Mt 13:39).