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<p>Here is, 1. The character of a fool: <i>He trusts to his own heart</i>, 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 <i>is a fool</i>, for he trusts to that, not only which <i>is deceitful above all things</i> (<a class="bibleref" title="Jer.17.9" href="/passage/?search=Jer.17.9">Jer. 17:9</a>), but which has often deceived him. This implies that it is the character of a wise man (as before, <a class="bibleref" title="Prov.28.25" href="/passage/?search=Prov.28.25">Prov. 28:25</a>) to <i>put his trust in the Lord</i>, and in his power and promise, and to follow his guidance, <a class="bibleref" title="Prov.3.5,Prov.3.6" href="/passage/?search=Prov.3.5,Prov.3.6"><span class="bibleref" title="Prov.3.5">Prov. 3:5</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Prov.3.6">6</span></a>. 2. The comfort of a wise man: He that <i>walks wisely</i>, that trusts not to his own heart, but is humble and self-diffident, and goes on in the strength of the Lord God, <i>he shall be delivered</i>; when the fool, <i>that trusts in his own heart</i>, shall be destroyed.</p>
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