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• General scriptures concerningNehemiah 5:1–13Job 21:7–15Job 27:13–23Job 31:24Job 31:25Job 31:28Psalms 49:16Psalms 49:17Psalms 52:1–7Psalms 73:3–22Proverbs 14:20Proverbs 18:11Proverbs 18:23Proverbs 28:11Ecclesiastes 5:13Ecclesiastes 5:14Ecclesiastes 5:19Ecclesiastes 5:20Jeremiah 5:7–9Jeremiah 5:27–29
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• AbrahamGenesis 13:2Genesis 24:35
• Solomon1 Kings 10:23
• Hezekiah2 Kings 20:12–18
• JOBJob 1:3
• Joseph of ArimathaeaMatthew 27:57
• ZacchaeusLuke 19:2

The passages, in Bible order (48)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 13:2

   And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 13:22 voices

   “Abram was very rich - The property of these patriarchal times did not consist in flocks only, but also in silver and gold; and in all these respects Abram was דבד מאד cabed meod, exceeding rich. Josephus says that a part of this property was acquired by teaching the Egyptians arts and sciences. Thus did God fulfill his promises to him, by protecting and giving him a great profusion of temporal blessings, which were to him signs and pledges of spiritual things.

   “There is a burden of care in getting them, fear in keeping them, temptation in using them, guilt in abusing them, sorrow in losing them, and a burden of account, at last, to be given up concerning them. Great possessions do but make men heavy and unwieldy. Abram was not only rich in faith and good works, and in the promises, but he was rich in cattle, and in silver and gold.

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2. Genesis 24:35

   “The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.

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3. 1 Kings 10:23

   So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 10:232 voices

   “So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. In which he was an eminent type of Christ; see Eph 3:8.

   “See the marginal references. By “all the earth” we are, of course, only to understand the kings or people of neighboring nations.

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4. 2 Kings 20:12–18

   At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.

   ›Commentary on 2 Kings 20:12–182 voices

   “At that time Berodachbaladan,.... He is called Merodachbaladan, Isa 39:1, so here in the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions; See Gill on Isa 39:1; and by Metasthenes (z) his father is called Merodach, and he Ben Merodach, who reigned twenty one years, and his father fifty two; from hence to the end of 2Ki 20:12 the same account is given in the same words as in Isa 39:1 throughout, except in 2Ki 20:13, where it is, "hearkened unto them", and there, "glad of them"; heard the letter the ambassadors brought with pleasure; see the notes there.

   “At that time Berodach-baladan - He is called Merodach-Baladan, Isa 39:1, and by the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, and by several of Kennicott’s and De Rossi’s MSS.; and also by the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds. The true reading seems to be Merodach; the מ mem and ב beth might be easily interchanged, and so produce the mistake. Sent letters and a present - It appears that there was friendship between the king of Babylon and Hezekiah, when the latter and the Assyrians were engaged in a destructive war.

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5. Nehemiah 5:1–13

   About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

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6. Job 1:3

   and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

   ›Commentary on Job 1:31 voice

   “His substance - Margin, or “cattle.” The word used here מקנה mı̂qneh is derived from קנה qânâh, to gain or acquire, to buy or purchase, and properly means anything acquired or purchased - property, possessions, riches. The wealth of nomadic tribes, however, consisted mostly in flocks and herds, and hence the word in the Scripture signifies, almost exclusively, property in cattle.

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7. Job 21:7–15

   Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

   ›Commentary on Job 21:7–151 voice

   “Wherefore do the wicked live? - Job comes now to the main design of his argument in this chapter, to show that it is a fact, that the wicked often have great prosperity; that they are not treated in this life according to their character; and that it is not a fact that men of eminent wickedness, as his friends maintained, would meet, in this life, with proportionate sufferings.

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8. Job 27:13–23

   This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

   ›Commentary on Job 27:13–232 voices

   “This is the portion of a wicked man with God,.... Not to be punished in this life, but after death. This is what Job undertook to teach his friends, and is the purport of what follows in this chapter.

   “This is the portion of a wicked man with God - There has been much diversity of view in regard to the remainder of this chapter. The difficulty is, that Job seems here to state the same things which had been maintained by his friends, and against which he had all along contended. This difficulty has been felt to be very great, and is very great.

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9. Job 31:24

   If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

   ›Commentary on Job 31:241 voice

   “If I have made gold my hope - That is, if I have put my trust in gold rather than in God; if I have fixed my affections with idolatrous attachment on riches rather than on my Maker. Job here introduces another class of sins, and says that his conscience did not charge him with guilt in respect to them. He had before spoken mainly of social duties, and of his manner of life toward the poor, the needy, the widow, and the orphan.

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10. Job 31:25

    if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,

    ›Commentary on Job 31:251 voice

    “If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great - That is, if I have rejoiced as if I might now confide in it, or put my trust in it. He had not found his principal joy in his property, nor had he attempted to find in that the happiness which he ought to seek in God. And because mine hand had gotten much - Margin, found. Prof. Lee translates this, “When as a mighty man my hand prevailed.” But the usual interpretation is given in our translation, and this accords better with the connection.

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11. Job 31:28

    this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.

    ›Commentary on Job 31:282 voices

    “If I saw the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness, and my heart hath secretly rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with my mouth; which is an exceeding iniquity, and denial against the Most High God. There is no doubt that both these two luminaries, which are commissioned to ministrations for man, are called 'the hosts of heaven.' Into the worshipping whereof we know that numbers have fallen, as Scripture is witness; as where it is written, And worshipped all the host of heaven.

    “Which is the chiefest iniquity, and denial against the Most High God. For it is clear that he does deny Him, when setting at nought His grace, he claims to himself the powers of good practice. Which too is rightly called as well 'the chiefest iniquity' because every act of sin which is from infirmity destroyeth not hope, seeing that it asks forgiveness from the Judge Above. But presuming on our own goodness is so much the worse in desperateness, the further it is removed from humility.

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12. Psalms 49:16

    Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.

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13. Psalms 49:17

    For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.

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14. Psalms 52:1–7

    Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

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    “The 33rd Psalm was spoken by David when he "changed his countenance before Abimelech, and he sent him away, and he left." The current Psalm would be the one following that Psalm in historical sequence. For the Scripture says in Kingdoms, "And one of the servants of Saul was there that day." And this indicates the time at which David came into the house of Abimelech and ate the "loaves of offering," receiving them from the high priest.

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15. Psalms 73:3–22

    For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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16. Proverbs 14:20

    The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.

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