Luke 6:38
Giue, and it shalbe giuen vnto you: a good measure, pressed downe, shaken together and running ouer shall men giue into your bosome: for with what measure ye mete, with the same shall men mete to you againe.
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Exodus 21:24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hande for hand, foote for foote,
Deuteronomy 19:16If a false witnesse rise vp against a man to accuse him of trespasse,
2 Samuel 19:36Thy seruant will goe a litle way ouer Iorden with the King, and why wil the king recompence it me with such a rewarde?
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the tree, that he had prepared for Mordecai: then was the Kings wrath pacified.
Job 31:16If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,
Psalms 18:25With the godly thou wilt shewe thy selfe godly: with the vpright man thou wilt shew thy selfe vpright.
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 →