Psalms 49:16
Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
BSB
ASV
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased:
KJV
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
Voices4
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.
The upright - Good men whom they abused at their pleasure. Morning - In the day of the general judgment, and the resurrection of the dead. Beauty - All their glory and felicity.
This is the psalmist's preface to his discourse concerning the vanity of the world and its insufficiency to make us happy; and we seldom meet with an introduction more solemn than this is; for there is no truth of more undoubted certainty, nor of greater weight and importance, and the consideration of which will be of more advantage to us.
In these last verses the psalmist becomes a preacher, and gives admonitory lessons which he has himself gathered from experience. Be not thou afraid when one is made rich. Let it not give thee any concern to see the godless prosper. Raise no questions as to divine justice; suffer no foreboding to cloud thy mind. Temporal prosperity is too small a matter to be worth fretting about; let the dogs have their bones, and the swine their draff. When the glory of his house is increased.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Psalms 37:1Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
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Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
Through
Psalms 37:7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
leads to
Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.