Job 9:20-21 If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.… A bright little fellow was on the scales, and being anxious to outweigh his playmate, he puffed out his cheeks and swelled up like a small frog. But the playmate was the wiser boy. "Oho!" he cried in scorn, "that doesn't do any good; you can only weigh what you are!" How true that is of us bigger children, who try to impress ourselves upon our neighbours and friends, and even upon ourselves, and — yes, sometimes upon God Almighty, by the virtues we would like to have! It doesn't do any good. You may impose upon your neighbour's judgment, and get him to say you are a fine fellow — noble, generous, brave, faithful, loving; but if it is not true, you are a sham. "You can only weigh what you are." Parallel Verses KJV: If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. |
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