14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-15)We have seen what changes there are in the world, and must not expect to find the world more sure to us than it has been to others. Now here Solomon shows the hand of God in all those changes; it is he that has made every creature to be that to us which it is, and therefore we must have our eye always upon him. I. We must make the best of that which is , and must believe it best for the present, a…
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