Wesley Corpus

Knowledge - The saving knowledge of God and of their own duty. The evil - Good men shall have the pre - eminency over the wicked. Hated - Despised and abandoned. Despiseth - That does not pity and relieve the poor. The talk - Idle talking will bring a man to poverty. Riches - They are a singular advantage and ornament to them. But - As for rich fools, their folly is not cured, but made worse and more manifest by their riches. Souls - Such as are innocent, from false accusations. To depart - To preserve men from destructive courses. Exalteth - Heb. lifteth up, like a banner, makes it known and visible to all men. A sound heart - Free from envy and inordinate passions. Is life - Procures and maintains the health and vigour of the body. His maker - Whose image the poor man bears, by whose providence he is made poor, and who hath declared himself to be their protector and avenger. Driven away - In his death, from God's favour and presence. Death - In his greatest dangers and distresses, yea even in death itself. Resteth - Is laid up and hid there. In the midst - In the heart. Made known - They will publish in all times and companies. Shame - Both to himself, by his foolish management of the king's affairs, and to the king who made so foolish a choice of a servant.