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Barnes' Notes on Proverbs 11:4

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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The day of wrath - Words true in their highest sense of the great “diesirae” of the future, but spoken in the first instance (compare Zephaniah 1:15-18) of any “day of the Lord,” any time of judgment, when men or nations receive the chastisement of their sins. At such a time “riches profit not.” return to 'Top of Page'
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