"I lead in the way of righteousness," which is to say, I got not my wealth by right and wrong, by wrench and wiles. My riches are not the riches of unrighteousness, the "mammon of iniquity" (Luke xvi. 9); but are honestly come by, and are therefore like to be "durable" (ver. 18). St. Jerome somewhere saith, that most rich men are either themselves bad men or the heirs of those that have been bad. It is reported of Nevessan, the lawyer, that he should say, "He that will not venture his body shall never be valiant; he that will not venture his soul never rich." But Wisdom's walk lies not any such way. God forbid, saith she, that I, or any of mine, should take of Satan, "from a thread even to a shoelatchet, lest he should say, I have made you rich" (Gen. xiv. 23).--_Trapp._ Verse 21. The great "I AM" (Exod. iii. 14) is the only substantial reality to satisfy the disciples of Wisdom.--_Fausset._ The followers of Christ shall be no losers by Him. They shall not inherit the wind, nor possess for their portion those unsubstantial things, of which it is said, _they are not_ (chap. xxiii. 5), because they are not the true riches. It is not for want of riches to bestow, nor for want of love to His people, that He does not bestow upon every one of them crowns of gold and mines of precious metals.--_Lawson._ Here is no yawning vacuum, but a grand object to give interest to life, to fill up every vacancy in the heart--perfect happiness. All that we could add from the world would only make us poorer, by diminishing that enjoyment of God for the loss of which there is no compensation. There is one point--only one--in the universe where we can look up and cry with the saintly Martyn, "With Thee there is no disappointment."--_Bridges._ "I will fill their treasures." This is a great promise. It is made in a kingly style. There is no limit. It will take much to fill these treasures, for the capacity of the human spirit is very large. God moulded man after His own image, and when the creature is empty, nothing short of His Maker will fill him again. Although a man should gain the whole world, his appetite should not be perceptibly diminished. The void would be as great and the craving as keen as ever. Handfuls are gotten on the ground, but a soulful is not to be had except in Christ. "In Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, and ye are complete (_i.e.,_ full) in Him."--_Arnot._ _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.--Verses_ 22-31. THE PERSONAL WISDOM OF GOD.