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15The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

Proverbs 14:15

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 15)

Note, 1. It is folly to be credulous, to heed every flying report, to give ear to every man’s story, though ever so improbable, to take things upon trust from common fame, to depend upon every man’s profession of friendship and give credit to every one that will promise payment; those are simple who thus believe every word , forgetting that all men, in some sense, are liars in comparison with God,...

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