Key Verses: vv7-12
Amplifying Verses: Matt 22:37-40
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Chapter Division:
vv1-6, Hating Your Neighbor, thus Harming Yourself
vv7-16, Loving Your Neighbor, thus Loving Yourself
vv1-3 (bleak) Matt 5:29-30; Matt 26:24
v4 (envy) Jas 4:5; Jas 4:3
v5 (lazy idleness) Such a one, says MacArthur, "is self-tormented & never satisfied."
v6 (quietness) or "rest" נַחַת Matt 11:28; 2 Cor 6:10
vv7-8 (companionship) Gen 2:18
vv9-12 (two) There is... help (v10), warmth (v11) & strength (v12a). Mk 6:7; Matt 18:18-20
vv13-14 (poor wisdom) Hawker (1753-1827): "Any state, & every state, w/out Jesus is wretched." Jn 15:5
vv15-16, Ps 119:96; Phil 3:12