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He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, But he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.
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Goodness Inherently Seeks Favor
Commentators explain that when you diligently pursue what is good, you are also, by that very action, seeking the favor of both God and man. Albert Barnes notes that the pursuit of goodness for its own sake unconsciously brings favor as a blessed consequence, not just as a transactional reward.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Procureth - Better, strives after. He who desires good, absolutely, for its own sake, is also unconsciously striving after the favor which a…
19th Century
Anglican
Procureth favour.— By the very act of striving after good, he is seeking the favour of both God and man.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He that diligently seeketh good Or "early"; who rises early in the morning, as the word F5 signifies, and seek…
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Seeking mischief is here set against seeking good; for those who are not doing good are doing harm, even to themselves.
