"And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and He shall speak peace unto the heathen: and His dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth" (Zechariah 9:10).

"Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain" (Proverbs 25:14).

"Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn" (Deuteronomy 25:4).

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted" (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2).

"But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin" (Hebrews 3:13).

The fascinating word rendered "exhort" (Greek, para-kaleo) in our text verse, elsewhere translated "comfort," "beseech," etc., literally means "call alongside."