Psalms 37:26
They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.
BSB
ASV
All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; And his seed is blessed.
KJV
He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
(Verse 26.) But how can he be in need who has mercy and lends all day? What is it that the righteous person lends? Not bronze, not iron, not lead, but silver purified by fire. He brings this to the table of the Lord, and distributes it to those who seek it: to one person, to two, to five minas daily he distributes, and it never runs out. But we have heard that lending at interest is condemned in the Law, with Moses saying: You shall not lend at interest (Deuteronomy 23:19).
He is ever merciful, and lendeth. The righteous are constantly under generous impulses; they do not prosper through parsimony, but through bounty. Like the bounteous giver of all good, of whom they are the beloved sons, they delight in doing good. How stingy covetous professors can hope for salvation is a marvel to those who read such verses as this in the Bible. And his seed is blessed. God pays back with interest in the next generation.
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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Matthew 5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
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Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’
To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
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Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
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And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.
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Psalms 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
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And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
