8The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; …
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; …
I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8)We are apt to judge of men’s blessedness, at least in this world, by their wealth, and that they are more or less happy accordingly as they have more or less of this world’s goods; but Solomon here shows what a gross mistake it is, that we may be reconciled to a poor condition, and may neither covet riches ourselves nor envy those that have abundance. 1. Those that are rich, if by some they are re…
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