3Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-5)Here is, I. An encomium of wisdom (Eccl. 8:1), that is, of true piety, guided in all its exercises by prudence and discretion. The wise man is the good man, that knows God and glorifies him, knows himself and does well for himself; his wisdom is a great happiness to him, for, 1. It advances him above his neighbours, and makes him more excellent than they: Who is as the wise man ? Note, Heavenly wi...
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