Job 8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: 1. The hypocrite is a forgetter of God. 2. Forgetfulness of God (howsoever it seems no great matter, yet) is exceeding sinful, a wickedness of the highest stature. Forgetfulness of God is therefore a great wickedness, because God hath done so many things to be remembered by. 3. Forgetfulness of God is a mother sin, or the cause of all other sins. First, a forgetfulness that there is a God. Secondly, a forgetfulness who, or what manner of God He is. Thou thoughtest that I was such an one as thyself (Psalm 50). Thirdly, to forget God, is to forget what God requires; this forgetfulness of these three sorts is productive of any, of every sin. 4. They that forget God shall quickly wither, how great and flourishing soever they are. (J. Caryl.) Parallel Verses KJV: So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:WEB: So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish, |
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