Psalms 112:5
It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
BSB
ASV
Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.
KJV
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Delightful is the man who shows mercy and lends. Because the Lord is merciful and compassionate, let the righteous man too imitate his Lord: let him also be merciful. Delightful is the man who shows mercy and lends. Does someone suppose that he is speaking about gold and about silver and about money? The righteous have so far been without anything to lend to others that they themselves received their food from others. So then, if I have nothing to give, am I no longer righteous?
Those who most use their wisdom see most of their need of it, and ask it of God, who has promised to give it liberally, Jam. i. He will guide his words with judgment (so it is in the original); and there is nothing in which we have more occasion for wisdom than in the government of the tongue; blessed is he to whom God gives that wisdom. The Blessedness of the Righteous;
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth. Having passed beyond stern integrity into open handed benevolence he looks kindly upon all around him, and finding himself in circumstances which enable him to spare a little of his wealth he lends judiciously where a loan will be of permanent service. Providence has made him able to lend, and grace makes him willing to lend. He is not a borrower, for God has lifted him above that necessity; neither is he a hoarder, for his new nature saves him from that temptation; but he wisely uses the talents committed to him.
Generosity, sound judgment in business, and confidence in God, form a character which preserves from fear of evil and ensures success against enemies. While a man thus truly pious is liberal, he increases in substance.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Ephesians 5:15Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
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Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm…
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
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Psalms 37:21The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
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And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.