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8The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 13:8

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Matthew Henry

(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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