1 Corinthians 10:26
The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
In Context
25Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat; asking no question for conscience' sake.
Cross References
Exodus 19:5If therefore you will hear my voice, and keep my covenant, you shall be my peculiar possession above all people: for all the earth is mine.
Job 41:11Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a pot heated and boiling.
Psalms 50:12If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
1 Timothy 6:17Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy,)
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 10:24-33
Christian Liberty. ( a. d. 57.) 23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. 25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. 27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. 28… Read the whole commentary →