Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, If it is the Lord s will, we will live and do this or that. As it is, you boast and brag. There is nothing wrong with being happy when God gives us good times.
Every loving parent knows that discipline springs from love.
It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. This, at first glance, is a very strange passage to find in the Bible. We must remember that in this book, Solomon is speaking from a worldly point of view. There cannot be over much of the righteousness which is by faith. There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins.