James 4:13
How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:
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Genesis 11:3And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.
Proverbs 27:1Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.
Isaiah 5:5And now, this is what I will do to my vine-garden: I will take away the circle of thorns round it, and it will be burned up; its wall will be broken down and the beasts of the field will go through it;
Isaiah 56:11Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same.
Luke 12:17And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.
James 5:1Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.
Matthew Henry on James 4:12-17
Caution against Slander; Caution against Presumption. ( a. d. 61.) 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? 13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get… Read the whole commentary →