Psalms 49:16
But to the sinner, God has said: Why do you discourse on my justices, and take up my covenant through your mouth?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
In Context
15And call upon me in the day of tribulation. I will rescue you, and you will honor me.
17Truly, you have hated discipline, and you have cast my sermons behind you.
Cross References
Genesis 31:1But afterwards, he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and being enlarged by his ability, he has become famous.”
Esther 5:11And he explained to them the greatness of his riches, and the influence of his sons, and how, with such glory, the king had elevated him above all his rulers and servants.
Psalms 37:7I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.
Proverbs 28:12In the exultation of the just, there is great glory. When the impious reign, men are brought to ruin.
Revelation 21:24And the nations shall walk by its light. And the kings of the earth shall bring their glory and honor into it.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 49:16-20
Privilege of the Godly. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth… Read the whole commentary →