“Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever” (Psalm 119:160).

Very few books survive very long. Only a few survive the first printing, and science books especially get out of date in just a few years.

“And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment” (I Chronicles 12:32).

“Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works” (Psalm 119:27).

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” (I Corinthians 15:58).

“So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen” (Matthew 20:16).