Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
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Gill's Exposition
Say not unto thy neighbour,.... Either to whom thou art indebted, and who comes for the payment of a just debt; or to any poor and indigent person that applies for alms:
go, and come again, and…
A marked change in style. The continuous exhortation is replaced by a series of maxims. From them to whom it is due - literally, as in the margin. The precept expresses the great Scriptural thought…
True wisdom consists in the due discharge of our duty towards man, as well as towards God, in honesty as well as piety, and therefore we have here divers excellent precepts of wisdom which relate to…
Cambridge Bible
Give (Pro 3:3); and not only so, but give promptly. We may compare Seneca's saying, "ingratum est beneficium, quod diu inter manus dantis hæsit; nam qui tarde fecit, diu noluit."
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