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13This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve{H8799)} their sayings. Selah.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: …
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-14)In these verses we have, I. A description of the spirit and way of worldly people, whose portion is in this life, Ps. 17:14. It is taken for granted that they have wealth, and a multitude of riches (Ps. 49:6), houses and lands of inheritance, which they call their own, Ps. 49:11. God often gives abundance of the good things of this world to bad men who live in contempt of him and rebellion against…
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