10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: …
The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-19)Bildad here discourses very well on the sad catastrophe of hypocrites and evil-doers and the fatal period of all their hopes and joys. He will not be so bold as to say with Eliphaz that none that were righteous were ever cut off thus (Job 4:7); yet he takes it for granted that God, in the course of his providence, does ordinarily bring wicked men, who seemed pious and were prosperous, to shame and…
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