24For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; …
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-27)Here is, I. A command given us to be diligent in our callings. It is directed to husbandmen and shepherds, and those that deal in cattle, but it is to be extended to all other lawful callings; whatever our business is, within doors or without, we must apply our minds to it. This command intimates, 1. That we ought to have some business to do in this world and not to live in idleness. 2. We ought r…
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