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Job 27:16-17

Though he heap up silver as the dust.

Hoarding

I. The wicked hoarding their wealth. They “heap up silver as the dust.” As a rule, this is the grand work of wicked men on the earth. On it they concentrate all their energies; to it they devote all their time.

II. The hoarded wealth of the wicked coming into the hands of the good. “The just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.”

1. This is partially taking place now every day. Wicked worldlings die, and the righteous get possession of their wealth.

2. This will be the case universally, one day. All the wealth amassed by wicked men shall fall into the hands of the Christly. If the wicked man is blessed with children, punishment may come from that quarter. The sword and famine may deprive him of them; and so desolate will he become that all his sorrowing friends shall be buried. If wicked men are blessed with great riches, their wealth shall fall into the hands of the good. “He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on.” That if the wicked man is blessed with houses they will not stand. (Homilist.)

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