Verse 5

Good `is' the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:25-26 : 25 Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread. 26 All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed `is' for a blessing.
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 `When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother; 8 for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh. 9 `Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near `is' the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin; 10 thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;
  • Job 31:16-20 : 16 If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume, 17 And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it, 18 (But from my youth He grew up with me as `with' a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.) 19 If I see `any' perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy, 20 If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself,
  • Ps 37:21 : 21 The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.
  • Prov 2:20 : 20 That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
  • Prov 17:18 : 18 A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.
  • Prov 18:9 : 9 He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he `is' to a destroyer.
  • Prov 22:26-27 : 26 Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties `for' burdens. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?
  • Prov 24:27 : 27 Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field -- go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. 31 And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down. 32 And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction, 33 A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down. 34 And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
  • Prov 27:23-27 : 23 Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves, 24 For riches `are' not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation. 25 Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains. 26 Lambs `are' for thy clothing, And the price of the field `are' he-goats, 27 And a sufficiency of goats' milk `is' for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!
  • Luke 6:35 : 35 `But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;
  • Luke 23:50 : 50 And lo, a man, by name Joseph, being a counsellor, a man good and righteous,
  • John 6:12 : 12 And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, `Gather together the broken pieces that are over, that nothing may be lost;'
  • Acts 11:24 : 24 because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith, and a great multitude was added to the Lord.
  • Rom 5:7 : 7 for scarcely for a righteous man will any one die, for for the good man perhaps some one also doth dare to die;
  • Rom 12:11 : 11 in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
  • Phil 1:9 : 9 and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,
  • Col 4:5 : 5 in wisdom walk ye toward those without, the time forestalling;