24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
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Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; …
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; …
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-32)Four articles more of Job’s protestation we have in these verses, which, as all the rest, not only assure us what he was and did, but teach us what we should be and do:— I. He protests that he never set his heart upon the wealth of this world, nor took the things of it for his portions and happiness. He had gold; he had fine gold. His wealth was great , and he had gotten much . Our wealth is eithe…
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