John Trapp on Proverbs 8:20

Verſ. 20. I lead in the way of righteouſneſs] Which is to ſay, I got not my wealth per fas atque nefas, by right and wrong, by wrench and wile. My riches are not the riches of unrighteouſneſs, the Mammon of iniquity, Luke 16.9. but are honeſtly come by, and are therefore like to bee durable, v. 18. or (as others render it) antient. St. Hierom ſomewhere ſaith, that moſt rich men are either themſelves bad men, or heirs of thoſe that have been bad. There is a prophane Proverb amongſt us, Happy is that childe, whoſe Father goes to the Devil. It is reported of Neveſſan the Lawyer, that hee ſhould ſay, Hee that will not venture his body, ſhall never bee valiant; hee that will not venture his ſoul, never rich. But Wiſdomes walk lyes not any ſuch way. God forbid, ſaith ſhee, that I, or any of mine ſhould take of Satan,Gen. 14.23. from a thread even to a ſhoo-latchet, leſt hee ſhould ſay, I have made you rich.