Isaiah 36:5 I say, say you, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom do you trust, that you rebel against me? That question may not be without importance in matters of ordinary life. We have all to trust our fellows, more or less, and I suppose we have all had to smart in some degree, as the result of it. We may trust the mass of men in trifles without any serious consequences; but when it comes to large sums, when the whole of a man's fortune, for instance, is staked upon the character and reputation of someone else, then it is not altogether an unimportant question, "On whom dost thou trust?" Many have rested on some choice friend, and found him play the Judas! How often have our dearest counsellors turned away from us as Ahithophel did from David! How frequently have we confidently rested upon the integrity, friendship, and fidelity of some person whom we thought we knew and could trust, and we have found that "Cursed is he that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm." Use discretion in all your transactions in life, as to how far you will trust the sons of men. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? |
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