For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
Ver. 3. For the ear trieth words] And for that end we have that excellent sense of hearing given us, that we may hear with judgment, and trying all things, hold fast that which is good, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, taking heed what we hear, Mark 4:24, as by the taste we may take heed what we let down; for else a man may easily eat his own bane, drink his poison: so here, for the soul hath her senses also, Philippians 1:9, and these habitually exercised to discern good and evil, Hebrews 5:14. Which while carnal people want, they are carried away as they are led, 1 Corinthians 12:2; plucked away with the error of the wicked, 2 Peter 3:17; wherried about with every wind of doctrine, Hebrews 13:9, &c. See Trapp on " Job 12:1 "