23Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; …
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-26)The prophet had been endeavouring to possess this people with a holy fear of God and his judgments, to convince them both of sin and wrath; but still they had recourse to some sorry subterfuge or other, under which to shelter themselves from the conviction and with which to excuse themselves in the obstinacy and carelessness. He therefore sets himself here to drive them from these refuges of lies…
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