2Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
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So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. …
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? …
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. …
O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Eliphaz here insinuates that, because Job complained so much of his afflictions, he thought God was unjust in afflicting him; but it was a strained innuendo . Job was far from thinking so. What Eliphaz says here is therefore unjustly applied to Job, but in itself it is very true and good, I. That when God does us good it is not because he is indebted to us; if he were, there might be some colour t…
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