15The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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