Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Proverbs 11:17
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Proverbs11:17
17. merciful--kind to others; opposed to cruel. Such benefit themselves by doing good to others (compare Pr 24:5), while the cruel injure themselves as well as others.
flesh--that is, his body, by penuriousness (Col 2:23).
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