2 Chronicles 25:9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?… I know a widow whose husband died and left her with a little family to struggle for. She opened a little shop in the suburbs of the city, when one of the agents of a wine-merchant waited upon her to ask her to be an agent for the sale of strong drink. She said, "Never a drop shall enter my house." He said "It will help you so much." She said, "If it helps me some, it will harm me more. I have children around me, and whether I prosper or not, I will not gain anything to the injury of my fellow-creatures." She has done wonderfully. An intimate friend of mine went to see her, and said, "I cannot understand how you get on, and why so many come to your shop, for they pass a number of good shops to come to yours." She said to her boy, "George, you are fond of ciphering; get down your slate and put down how far off a man must live from my shop that God cannot bring him there." That settled it. "God is able to give more than this." (Charles Garrett.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this. |
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