Deuteronomy 1:22

And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.

Ver. 22. We will send men before us.] Thus empty man will be wiser than God, though "man be born like a wild ass-colt." Job 11:12 It was unbelief that prompted them to this practice: for "they could not enter because of unbelief." Carnal policy serves the worldling, as the ostrich's wings, to make him outrun others upon earth, but helps him never a whit towards heaven.