Luke 6:38
give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.
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Exodus 21:24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Deuteronomy 19:16If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,
2 Samuel 19:36Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath 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 wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt 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 →