Deu 15:11, Pro 11:24-25, 19:17, Ecc 11:1-2, 6, Isa 32:8, 58:7, 10 | TSK | STEP | the poor.Although Moses, by the statutes relative to the division of the land, and inheritance, and the inalienable nature of it, had studied to prevent any Israelite from being born poor, yet he exhorts them to the exercise of the tenderest compassion and most benevolent actions; and not to refuse assistance to the decayed Israelite, though the sabbatical year drew nigh. Thou shalt.

Deuteronomy 15:11

the poor.Although Moses, by the statutes relative to the division of the land, and inheritance, and the inalienable nature of it, had studied to prevent any Israelite from being born poor, yet he exhorts them to the exercise of the tenderest compassion and most benevolent actions; and not to refuse assistance to the decayed Israelite, though the sabbatical year drew nigh.

Pr 22:2; Mt 26:11; Mr 14:7; Joh 12:8

Thou shalt.

8; Mt 5:42; Lu 12:33; Ac 2:45; 4:32-35; 11:28-30; 2Co 8:2-9

1Jo 3:16-18

Proverbs 11:24-25

that scattereth.

18; 19:17; 28:8; De 15:10; Ps 112:9; Ec 11:1,2,6; Lu 6:38

Ac 11:29,30; 2Co 9:5-11

but.

Hag 1:6,9-11; 2:16-19

liberal soul. Heb. soul of blessing.

28:27; Job 29:13-18; 31:16-20; Isa 32:8; 58:7-11; Mt 5:7; 25:34,35

Proverbs 19:17

that hath.

14:21; 28:8,27; 2Sa 12:6; Ec 11:1

lendeth.

11:24,25; 28:27; De 15:7-14; Isa 58:7-11; Mt 10:41,42; 25:40

2Co 9:6-8; Php 4:17; Heb 6:10

that which he hath given. or, his deed.

Ecclesiastes 11:1-2

1 Directions for charity.

7 Death in life,

9 and the day ofjudgment in the days of youth, are to be thought on.

Cast.That is, says Bp. Lowth, "Sow thy seed or corn on the face of the waters;" in plain terms, sow without any hope of a harvest: do good even to them on whom your benefactions seem thrown away. Dr. Jebb has well illustrated it by the following passages: "Vain are the favours done to vicious men; Not vainer 'tis to sow the foaming deep. The deep no pleasant harvest shall afford, Nor will the wicked ever make return." "To befriend the wicked is like sowing in the sea." These, indeed, invert this precept; nor is it extraordinary that they should; "The one, frail human power alone produced, The other, God."

thy bread.

De 15:7-11; Pr 11:24,25; 22:9; Isa 32:8

waters. Heb. face of the waters.

Isa 32:20

for.

6; De 15:10; Ps 41:1,2; 126:5,6; Pr 11:18; 19:17; Mt 10:13,42; 25:40

Lu 14:14; 2Co 9:6; Ga 6:8-10; Heb 6:10

a portion.

Ne 8:10; Es 9:19,22; Ps 112:9; Lu 6:30-35; 1Ti 6:18,19

seven.

Job 5:19; Pr 6:16; Mic 5:5; Mt 18:22; Lu 17:4

for.

Da 4:27; Ac 11:28-30; Ga 6:1; Eph 5:16; Heb 13:3

Ecclesiastes 11:6

sow.

9:10; Isa 55:10; Ho 10:12; Mr 4:26-29; Joh 4:36-38; 2Co 9:6

2Ti 4:2

thou knowest.

9:1; Hag 1:6-11; 2:17-19; Zec 8:11,12; Ac 11:20,21; 1Co 3:5-7

2Co 9:10,11

prosper. Heb. be right.

Isaiah 32:8

the liberal.

2Sa 9:1-13; Job 31:16-21; Ps 112:9; Pr 11:24; Lu 6:33-35; Ac 9:39

Ac 11:29,30; 2Co 8:2; 9:6-11

stand. or, be established.

Isaiah 58:7

to deal.

10; Job 22:7; 31:18-21; Ps 112:9; Pr 22:9; 25:21; 28:27; Ec 11:1,2

Eze 18:7,16; Da 4:27; Mt 25:35-40; Lu 11:41; 19:8; Ro 12:20,21

2Co 9:6-10; 1Ti 5:10; Phm 1:7; Jas 2:15,16; 1Jo 3:17,18

bring.

16:3,4; Ge 18:2-5; 19:2; Jud 19:20,21; Ac 16:15,34; Ro 12:13

Heb 13:2,3

cast out. or, afflicted. the naked.

2Ch 28:15; Job 31:19,20; Eze 18:7; Mt 25:35-45; Lu 3:11

thine own.

Ge 19:14; Jud 9:2; Ne 5:5; Lu 10:26-36; 1Jo 3:17

Isaiah 58:10

thou draw.

7; De 15:7-10; Ps 41:1; 112:5-9; Pr 11:24,25; 14:31; 28:27; Lu 18:22

thy soul.Instead of {naphshecha,} "thy soul," eleven MSS. read {lachmecha,} "thy bread," which is adopted by Bp. Lowth; but "to draw out the soul" in relieving the poor, probably means to do it not of constraint, but cheerfully.

then.

8; 29:18; Job 11:17; Ps 37:6