22The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
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He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. …
And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22)Worldly wealth is that which most men have their hearts very much upon, but they generally mistake both in the nature of the thing they desire and in the way by which they hope to obtain it; we are therefore told here, 1. What that wealth is which is indeed desirable, not having abundance only, but having it and no sorrow with it , no disquieting care to get and keep it, no vexation of spirit in t…
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