Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
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Gill's Exposition
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich,.... Who before was poor, or not so rich; but now become so, either by inheritance, or by his own diligence and industry, through the permission of Providence.…
Barnes' Notes
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich - Do not dread the power derived from wealth; do not fear anything which a man can do merely because he is rich. The original is, “when a “man” becomes rich.”…
Good reason is here given to good people,
I. Why they should not be afraid of death. There is no cause for that fear if they have such a comfortable prospect as David here has of a happy state on the…
The rich man cannot carry his wealth with him when he dies. The thought already expressed in Psa 49:49 is resumed and further developed.
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