“Even if rich in this life, he will not for this reason prove to be blessed after death as well. On the contrary, then, he will leave it all behind and thus present himself naked at the judge's tribunal.”
Diodorus of Tarsus, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON PSALM 49
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17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
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15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
— Psalms 49:17 —
18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.