26He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26)Here is, 1. The character of a fool: He trusts to his own heart , to his own wisdom and counsels, his own strength and sufficiency, his own merit and righteousness, and the good opinion he has of himself; he that does so is a fool , for he trusts to that, not only which is deceitful above all things (Jer. 17:9), but which has often deceived him. This implies that it is the character of a wise man…
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