Verse 15
As it is written, He that gathered much had nothing over; and he that gathered little had no lack.
This is a quotation from Exodus 16:18, where is described the gathering of the manna; and, in the typical things which happened in that miraculous situation, one may read the prophecy of all subsequent history of mankind. Those who tried to hoard the manna found that "it bred worms and stank" (Exodus 16:20); and this is precisely what is true of hoarded wealth in all ages.
He that gathered much had nothing over ... The richest people who ever lived "have nothing over" when death comes. In the final analysis, all that any man has is what he truly needs and uses.
He that gathered little had no lack ... Even people with the most meager incomes may often diminish their requirements and find a little to be sufficient. The great lesson is that the man with much should ever hold his stewardship of abundance as subject to the just claims of the man whose necessities are impossible for himself unaided to meet. This is especially true of "the household of faith."
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