7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
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Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. …
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7)This observation is applicable, I. To men’s worldly estate. The world is a great cheat, not only the things of the world, but the men of the world. All men are liars . Here is an instance in two sore evils under the sun:—1. Some that are really poor would be thought to be rich and are thought to be so; they trade and spend as if they were rich, make a great bustle and a great show as if they had h…
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