Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.
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Exodus 21:24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Deuteronomy 19:16If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,
2 Samuel 19:36Your servant's desire was only to take the king over Jordan; why is the king to give me such a reward?
Esther 7:10So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.
Job 31:16If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
Psalms 18:25\18:24\Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.
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 →