Luke 6:24 But woe to you that are rich! for you have received your consolation. 1. One of the principal perils of rich men arises from their very exemption from many temptations to gross sin. Hence they are apt to think too well of themselves. 2. The rich man finds it very easy to do many kindly acts. It is very natural, therefore, that he should regard his own character and life complacently, and that he should think severely of the selfishness of these less fortunate than himself. 3. The rich man's Bible, with its morocco binding and gilt edges, has very much less in it than the poor man's Bible, bound in sheep. Pages which are read and re-read, which are marked, and scored, and thumbed in the one, are virtually mere blank paper in the other. 4. As the rich man loses many of the revelations of God's sympathy, compassion, and care, which inspire the poor with intense and passionate gratitude, so he loses some of the most urgent motives to communion with God, which often make the poor man devout. (R. IV. Dale, LL. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.WEB: "But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation. |
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