Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, they will give into your bosom. For with the same measure with which ye measure, it will be measured again to you.
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Exodus 21:24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Deuteronomy 19:16If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,
2 Samuel 19:36Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king, and why should the king recompense it to me with such a reward?
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath was pacified.
Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Psalms 18:25With the merciful thou will show thyself merciful. With the perfect man thou will show thyself perfect.
Matthew Henry on Luke 6:38-49
Exhortations to Justice and Sincerity. 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. 39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above… Read the whole commentary →