Job 22:7

not given.

31:17; De 15:7-11; Ps 112:9; Pr 11:24,25; 19:17; Isa 58:7,10

Eze 18:7,16; Mt 25:42; Ro 12:20

Job 31:18-21

her. that is, the widow.

22:6; 2Ch 28:15; Isa 58:7; Mt 25:36,43; Lu 3:11; Ac 9:39; Jas 2:16

1Jo 3:18

29:11; De 24:13

lifted.

6:27; 22:9; 24:9; 29:12; Pr 23:10,11; Jer 5:28; Eze 22:7

when.

Mic 2:1,2; 7:3

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 22:9

He that hath a bountiful eye. Heb. Good of eye.

11:25; 19:17; 21:13; De 15:7-11; 28:56; Job 31:16-20; Ps 41:1-3

Ps 112:9; Ec 11:1,2; Isa 32:8; 58:7-12; Mt 20:15; 25:34-40

Mr 7:22; Lu 6:35-38; Ac 20:35; 2Co 8:1,2; 9:6-11; 1Ti 6:18,19

Heb 6:10; 13:16; 1Pe 4:9

Proverbs 25:21

24:17; Ex 23:4,5; Mt 5:44; Lu 10:33-36; Ro 12:20,21

Proverbs 28:27

that giveth.

19:17; 22:9; De 15:7,10; Ps 41:1-3; 112:5-9; 2Co 9:6-11; Heb 13:16

hideth.

Isa 1:15

shall.

11:26; 24:24

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

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
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