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Gill's Exposition
Envy thou not the oppressor,.... The man that gets wealth and riches by acts of injustice, by oppressing the poor, by rapine and violence; do not envy his prosperity, and the substance he is possessed…
A marked change in style. The continuous exhortation is replaced by a series of maxims. From them to whom it is due - literally, as in the margin. The precept expresses the great Scriptural thought…
True wisdom consists in the due discharge of our duty towards man, as well as towards God, in honesty as well as piety, and therefore we have here divers excellent precepts of wisdom which relate to…
Cambridge Bible
Envy thou not The temporal rewards of wisdom, health (Pro 3:3), long life (Pro 3:3), riches and honour (ib.), as they may be withheld from thee (Pro 3:11-12), so may they be surpassed by the…
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