the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Psalms 112:5
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Good comes to those who lend money generously and conduct their business fairly.
Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth;
It is well with the man that deals graciously and lends; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.
It is good to be merciful and generous. Those who are fair in their business
It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly.
A good man showeth favor, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
It is well with the man who is gracious and lends; He conducts his affairs with justice.
It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice.
The man is merye, that doith merci, and leeneth; he disposith hise wordis in dom;
It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
Life will go well for those who freely lend and are honest in business.
Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.
All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.
Things go well with the person who is merciful and lends, who conducts his affairs with fairness;
It is well with the man that is gracious and lendeth; he will sustain his cause in judgment.
It is good for people to be kind and generous and to be fair in business.
Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth, that ordereth his affairs rightfully.
A good man sheweth fauour and lendeth: he will guide his affaires with discretion.
Good will come to the man who is ready to give much, and fair in what he does.
It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice.
A good man is mercifull and lendeth, and will measure his affaires by iudgement.
Blessed is the man who shows mercy and lends; he shall proclaim his words with judgment.
Happy is the person who is generous with his loans, who runs his business honestly.
Well for a man showing favour and lending! He shall sustain his affairs with justice.
(111-5) Acceptable is the man that sheweth mercy and lendeth: he shall order his words with judgment:
It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice.
A good man is mercyfull and lendeth: he wyll guyde his wordes with discretion.
The good man is he that pities and lends: he will direct his affairs with judgment.
Good will come to the one who lends generouslyand conducts his business fairly.
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
It goes well for a man who is gracious and lends, who conducts his business properly.
Good is a man showing favor and lending; he will measure his matters with equity.
Good [is] the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.
Wel is him that is mercifull, & lendeth gladly, & podreth his wordes wt discrecion.
It goes well for a person who is gracious and lends; He will maintain his cause in judgment.
A good man deals graciously and lends; He will guide his affairs with discretion.
It is well with the man who is gracious and lends; He will maintain his cause in judgment.
It is well with the man who is gracious and lends;Who sustains his works with justice.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
good: Proverbs 2:20, Proverbs 12:2, Luke 23:50, Acts 11:24, Romans 5:7
showeth: Psalms 37:25, Psalms 37:26, Deuteronomy 15:7-10, Job 31:16-20, Luke 6:35
he will: Proverbs 17:18, Proverbs 18:9, Proverbs 22:26, Proverbs 22:27, Proverbs 24:27, Proverbs 24:30-34, Proverbs 27:23-27, John 6:12, Romans 12:11, Ephesians 5:15, Colossians 4:5
discretion: Heb. judgment, Philippians 1:9
Reciprocal: Genesis 14:15 - And he Genesis 23:17 - made sure Genesis 32:7 - and he Genesis 32:16 - space Genesis 47:23 - here is seed Genesis 47:24 - the fifth part Exodus 2:2 - she saw Leviticus 25:35 - then Deuteronomy 15:6 - thou shalt lend Judges 6:27 - he did it Ruth 4:3 - he said 1 Samuel 18:15 - wisely 1 Samuel 25:36 - she told him 2 Chronicles 19:11 - the good 2 Chronicles 23:2 - went about Nehemiah 4:13 - Therefore Esther 5:4 - the banquet Psalms 37:21 - righteous Proverbs 13:16 - prudent Proverbs 13:23 - destroyed Proverbs 14:21 - he that hath Proverbs 21:10 - findeth no favour Proverbs 28:27 - that giveth Isaiah 58:10 - thou draw Matthew 1:19 - a just Matthew 5:42 - General Matthew 25:35 - I was an Acts 20:35 - It is Ephesians 4:32 - kind Philippians 4:19 - supply
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A good man showeth favour, and lendeth,.... Without usury, hoping for nothing again: he pities those that labour under difficulties, for want of a little money; and he generously lends it till they are able to pay him again; which oftentimes is of as much service as if it was given; see Psalms 37:21. A good man is not only a man that has the good work of grace in him, and is ready to every good work; but one that is munificent, bountiful, and liberal; in which sense the word is used in Romans 5:7 and so in Latin writers n.
He will guide his affairs with discretion; his civil and domestic affairs: he will act the part of a good economist; so that he may be able to support his family with credit and reputation, and have something to give to the relief of those in want. Some restrain this to his acts of charity. He lends to some, and gives to others: he takes care that they to whom he gives are proper objects of charity; he gives to persons seasonably, and in proportion to his own ability and their wants. It may be rendered, "he shall guide his words with judgment" o; take care of what he says, and before whom; and that it be at a proper time and place; and especially when speaking of spiritual and religious things.
n "Bonus est hic homo", Plauti Poenulus, Act. 5. Sc. 4. v. 42. "Vellet bonus atque benignus", Horat. Satyr. I. 1. Sat. 2. v. 51. "Piso bonus", Juvenal. Sat. 5. v. 109. o דבריו במשפט "verba sua in, vel cum, judicio", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Cocceius, Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A good man showeth favor - He has the means to show favor to others, or to promote their welfare, and he is disposed to do this. It is the characteristic of a good man - of a heart that is truly pious - to do good to others; to promote their welfare here, and to assist them in their endeavor to secure happiness in the world to come.
And lendeth - The original word here - לוה lâvâh - means to join oneself to anyone; to cleave to him; then, to form the union which is constituted between debtor and creditor, borrower and lender. Here it is used in the latter sense, and it means that a good man will accommodate another - a neighbor - with money, or with articles to be used temporarily and returned again. A man who always “borrows” is not a desirable neighbor; but a man who never lends - who is never willing to accommodate - is a neighbor that no one would wish to live near - a crooked, perverse, bad man. True religion will always dispose a man to do acts of kindness in any and every way possible.
He will guide his affairs - The word used here means literally to hold, contain; to hold up, or sustain; to nourish, to furnish the means of living. Genesis 45:11; Genesis 47:12; Genesis 50:21. Here it means that he would uphold or manage his business.
With discretion - Margin, “judgment;” so the Hebrew. He would do it prudently, sensibly, economically, wisely. This is, or should be, one of the characteristics of a good man. Religion prompts to this; religion will aid a man in doing this; religion will tend to check everything of a contrary nature. A man who neglects his “affairs,” who pays no attention to his business, who is indifferent whether he is successful or fails, is a man who gives “just so evidence” that he is a stranger to true religion.
