“He who trusts in himself is
a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe.” Proverbs 28:26
What
Solomon is speaking of here is the character of a man. A man who trusts his own heart is a fool. The
reasoning is simple; his resources, which include wisdom, strength, sufficiency
and his own good opinion of himself, are flawed and limited. It is an arrogant, prideful man who believes
in his heart either that he can live without the assistance of God or that
there is no God at all.
I can
back up that statement with two scriptures.
The first is Jeremiah 17:9, “The
heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure.” The second is Luke
6:45, where Jesus is quoted as saying “A good man brings good things out of the
good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil
stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” A person who doesn’t know the Lord is
inherently evil. No good comes out of
their inner man. Therefore, one who
trusts in himself is without exception a fool.
It is the
man who trusts in and relies on Almighty God for his daily guidance and
sustenance that is the wise man. He is
the one who takes comfort in his God. He is the one who does not trust his own heart, but
instead is humble and slightly tentative, proceeding through life on the
strength of the Lord. The godly man
knows his adherence to the word and will of God will bring to him
deliverance. The foolish man, who trusts
in all things besides God, shall be
destroyed. It is he that Proverbs 14:12
refers to when it says, “There is a way
that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.” Do not be like
the foolish man. Rely on the Lord always!
Until next time, walk with the King
and be a blessing!
Resource: Matthew Henry’s Bible Commentary of
the Old and New Testament.
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