Verse 18
18. As a motive to such loving and seeking, she assures them that those things which men desire most are in her keeping, and she bestows them upon her votaries.
Durable riches הון עתק , ( hon ‘ hathek,) antique or transmitted wealth, that which passes down from generation to generation of those who love her; honours, dignities, possessions, descending to children and children’s children. “Increasing riches.” Zockler. Ill-gotten gains are seldom thus transmitted; but these are durable, because, says Patrick, “they are not gotten either by oppression or niggardice;” for I teach men to do justly, and to love mercy.
And righteousness צדקה . Some think the word means here the fruits of righteousness prosperity. It sometimes has this sense. We may suggest virtue, that is, this wealth, obtained in accordance with the principles of divine wisdom, shall descend to posterity accompanied by virtue or piety. Inherited wealth is generally a corrupter of virtue and a curse. The lovers of wisdom have the promise that it shall not be so with theirs.
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