9 The generous will themselves be blessed,
for they share their food with the poor.
NIV
Commentary
A generous person will be blessed
for as little an offering
as sharing food with the poor.
Got milk?
9 Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
NIV
Commentary
To be fair, let’s say “spouse” instead of “wife”.
Do you have a contentious spouse?
Make yourself scarce.
9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure;
I am clean and without sin”?
NIV
Commentary
Want a pure spirit?
Want to be spotless?
Want to be sinless?
The sacrifice of Jesus is your redemption.
9 A false witness will not go unpunished,
and whoever pours out lies will perish.
NIV
Commentary
A false witness will be punished.
A liar will perish.
BTW, a false witness is a liar.
11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;
they imagine it a wall too high to scale.
NIV
Commentary
24 “No one can serve two masters.
Either you will hate the one and love the other,
or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other.
You cannot serve both God and money.
Matthew 6:24 (NIV)
