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Don`t be afraid when a man is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased.
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Wealth Ends at the Grave
Commentators unanimously stress that the primary reason not to fear or envy the rich is the reality of death. As Charles Spurgeon notes, death is a "dreadful leveller." Worldly wealth, status, and the "glory" of a magnificent house are all temporary. They cannot be carried into the next life, stripping the powerful of their earthly advantages.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Do not be afraid when one is made rich - Do not dread the power derived from wealth; do not fear anything which a man can do merely…
19th Century
Anglican
After expressing his own hopes of escaping from death, or being rescued from corruption, the psalmist recurs to the question of Psalms 49:5, and co…
Baptist
They will not know him in the next world to be the squire, the peer, the prince. Death is a dreadful leveller. Do not envy the great man of this wo…
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16th Century
Protestant
Be not thou afraid. The Psalmist repeats, in the form of an exhortation, the same sentiment he had previously expressed: that the children…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Do not be afraid when one is made rich Who before was poor, or not so rich; but now become so, either by inheritance…
Believers should not fear death. The distinction of people's outward conditions, however great in life, makes no difference at death; but the diffe…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Previously, the psalmist invited the nations to rejoice and give thanks for God’s favors to His people; now, he advises them to trust in …
