“You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.
I doubt not but that this part of the verse should be taken separately, nor do I approve of the introduction of the adversative particle but, by which translators So in V. “Non oderis fratrem tuum in corde tuo, sed publice argue eum,” etc. connect it with what follows.
We are taught here, I. To be honest and true in all our dealings, Lev 19:11. God, who has appointed every man's property by his providence, forbids by his law the invading of that appointment, either by downright theft, You shall not steal, or by fraudulent dealing, "You shall not cheat, or deal falsely." Whatever we have in the world, we must see to it...
Commenting on Leviticus 19:11-18
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart,.... Although no hatred may be expressed either by words or deeds, yet being in the heart is a breach of the sixth command, see Mat 5:21; and of this a man may be guilty, when he does not attempt to save the life of his neighbour, either by bearing a testimony for him, or by delivering...