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Don`t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
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The Enemy of True Wisdom
Commentators unanimously identify self-conceit as a primary obstacle to a relationship with God. Albert Barnes states that the greatest hindrance to true wisdom is thinking we have already attained it. Matthew Henry calls self-conceit of our own wisdom the greatest enemy to the fear of the Lord.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The great hindrance to all true wisdom is the thought that we have already attained it.
19th Century
Anglican
Fear the Lord, and depart from evil.— The same result is reached by Job also (Proverbs 28:28) in his inquiry …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Be not wise in your own eyes So as to act independently of God; not to trust in him, nor acknowledge him, nor seek t…
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There is not a greater enemy to the fear of the Lord in the heart than self-conceit of our own wisdom. The prudence and sobriety which religion tea…
