OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 19:17

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He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; he will reward him.

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Verse 17. Lendeth. To receive interest, fœneratur. Bible.—Such usury is lawful, and God will abundantly reward acts of mercy. Calmet.—He engages his word for the poor. Saint Augustine in Ps. xxxvi.

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