"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."

"And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again" (I Samuel 5:3).