Deu 15:7-11, Psa 112:9, Pro 11:24-25, Ecc 11:1-2, 6, Isa 32:8, 58:7 | TSK | STEP | there be.Lest the preceding law might render the Israelites cautious in lending to the poor, Moses here warns them against being led by so mean a principle; but to lend liberally, and God would reward them. thou shalt.

Deuteronomy 15:7-11

there be.Lest the preceding law might render the Israelites cautious in lending to the poor, Moses here warns them against being led by so mean a principle; but to lend liberally, and God would reward them.

thou shalt.

9; Pr 21:13; Mt 18:30; Jas 2:15,16; 1Jo 3:16,17

Beware.

Pr 4:23; Jer 17:10; Mt 15:19; Mr 7:21,22; Ro 7:8,9; Jas 4:5

thought, etc. Heb. word with thine heart of Belial. thineeye.

28:54-56; Pr 23:6; 24:9; 28:22; Mt 20:15; Jas 5:9; 1Pe 4:9

he cry.

24:15; Ex 3:7; 22:23; Job 34:28; Ps 9:12; Pr 21:13; Jas 5:4

sin unto thee.

Mt 25:41-45; Jas 4:17; 1Jo 3:15-17

thine heart.

Mt 25:40; Ac 20:35; Ro 12:8; 2Co 9:5-7; 1Ti 6:18,19; 1Pe 4:11

because.

4; 14:19,29; 24:19; Ps 41:1,2; Pr 11:24,25; 22:9; Isa 32:8; 58:10

2Co 9:8-11; Php 4:18,19; Heb 13:16

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

Psalms 112:9

He.

2Co 9:9

dispersed.

De 15:11; Pr 11:24,25; 19:17; Ec 11:1,2,6; Isa 32:8; 58:7,10

Mr 14:7; Lu 11:41; 12:33; 18:22; Joh 13:29; Ac 4:35; 20:35; Ro 12:13

2Co 8:9; 9:10-15; 1Ti 6:18; Heb 13:16; Jas 2:15,16; 1Jo 3:16-18

righteousness.

3; De 24:13; Mt 6:4; Lu 14:12-14; 16:9; Heb 6:10; Re 22:11

horn.

75:10; 92:10; 1Sa 2:1,30

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

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.