Footnote:
Genesis 24:27. 2 Samuel 15:20. Psalm 25:10; 61:7; 117:2. Micah 7:20. ‘Note’ — says an old expositor — ‘that Solomon here is no lawgiver, but an evangelist, leading us unto Jesus Christ. For we can obtain no mercy but in him only. For “the promises of God are yea and amen in him.” — Cope in loco.
Genesis 24:27
27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
2 Samuel 15:20
20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee. {go up...: Heb. wander in going}
Psalm 25:10
10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Psalm 61:7
7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
Psalm 117:2
2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
Micah 7:20
20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
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