6Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-11)The scope of these verses is to keep subjects loyal and dutiful to the government. In Solomon’s reign the people were very rich, and lived in prosperity, which perhaps made them proud and petulant, and when the taxes were high, though they had enough to pay them with, it is probable that many conducted themselves insolently towards the government and threatened to rebel. To such Solomon here gives…
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