A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
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Gill's Exposition
A faithful man shall abound with blessings,.... Or, "a man of faithfulness" (u). A very faithful man, that is truly so; that is so in a moral sense; true to his work, makes good his promises, fulfils…
Barnes' Notes
Not the possession of wealth, nor even the acquisition of it, is evil, but the eager haste of covetousness. Shall not be innocent - Better, as in the margin, in contrast with the many “blessings” of…
Matthew Henry
Here, 1. We are directed in the true way to be happy, and that is to be holy and honest. He that is faithful to God and man shall be blessed of the Lord, and he shall abound with blessings of the…
Cambridge Bible
faithful i.e., as the second clause shews, one who puts fidelity above gain. Comp. Psa 15:4.
innocent Rather, unpunished, A.V. marg. and R.V. οὐκ ἀτιμώρητος ἔσται, LXX.
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