COMMENTS
Nothing is more dangerous to the child of God than self-conceit; it blocks the way to true progress and reformation of heart, and hinders true usefulness to others, and especially usefulness in God's service; for His Word declares, "God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble." Instead of self-confidence, Wisdom dictates a distrustfulness of self, remembering its weaknesses and imperfections, and correspondingly the greater reverence for God and reliance upon Him, which more than anything else will strengthen and enable us to depart from the evil of our fallen estate.
To be wise in one's own eyes means self-satisfaction and self-sufficiency with respect to one's own knowledge. Such are unteachable and will surely fall from the Truth, unless they mend their ways. If they wish to be recovered from this fault, let them learn to give God the first place in their hearts, and they will thus be enabled to depart from iniquity, and that by practicing good.
Deut. 9:7; 15:5; Psa. 131:1, 2; Prov. 10:8; 22:4; 30:32; Rom. 12:16; 1 Cor. 3:18; Deut. 10:12; Josh. 24:14; 1 Sam. 12:24; Job 28:28; 37:24; Psa. 25:12-14; 103:11, 13, 17.
