21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
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A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21)Note, 1. It is possible that an estate may be suddenly raised. There are those that will be rich, by right or wrong, who make no conscience of what they say or do if they can but get money by it, who, when it is in their power, will cheat their own father, and who sordidly spare and hoard up what they get, grudging themselves and their families food convenient and thinking all lost but what they b…
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