Well, this is a special day and a special day like this demands that we give our special attention to the matter of motherhood, being a wife and mother, a matter to which the Word of God speaks very explicitly. And I would draw your attention, if I might, to Proverbs chapter 31…Proverbs chapter 31, [...]
“Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.”—Proverbs 31:6, 7.
These somewhat singular sentences were spoken by the mother of Lemuel to her son, who was probably Solomon. She had already said [...]
This morning we are going to talk about what the Bible has to say about Moms, and what God’s pattern is. It is amazing, frankly, how our society has changed. It is amazing how our society’s perception of a woman has changed; how the society’s design for her role has changed.
If you ever [...]
“Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.”—Proverbs 30:2.
Sometimes it is necessary for a speaker to refer to himself, and he may feel it needful to do so in a way peculiar to the occasion. When Elihu addressed himself to Job and the three wise men, he [...]
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“The fear of man bringeth a snare; but whoso puteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.”
—Proverbs 29:25.
We have two ancient proverbs here; each of them is true as a separate proverb, and they are equally true when linked together. The independent proposition, that the fear of man bringeth a snare, is a truth [...]
“Happy is the man that feareth alway.”—Proverbs 28:14.
But did not John say that “fear hath torment?” Then how can he be happy who hath fear, and especially he who hath it always. Did not John also say that “perfect love casteth out fear?” How is it then that he is happy in whom love is [...]
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“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper.”—Proverbs 28:13.
“Thou Hast covered all their sins.”—Psalm 85:2.
In these two texts we have man’s covering, which is worthless and culpable, and God’s covering, which is profitable, and worthy of all acceptation. No sooner had man disobeyed his Maker’s will in the garden of Eden than he discovered, to [...]
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“The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.”—Proverbs 27:7.
It is a great blessing when food and appetite meet together. Some have appetite and no meat, they need our pity; others have meat but no appetite, they may not perhaps win our pity but they certainly require it. [...]
“Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.”—Proverbs 27:18.
In Solomon’s day every man sat under his own vine and fig tree, and there was peace throughout the whole country. Then, God’s law about dividing out the land among the people so that every [...]
“Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.”—Proverbs 27:18.
If a man in Palestine carefully watched his fig tree and kept it in proper condition, he was sure to be abundantly rewarded in due season, for it would yield him a large quantity of [...]
“Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not.”—Proverbs 27:10.
True friends are very scarce. We have a great many acquaintances and sometimes we call them friends, and so misuse the noble word “friendship.” Peradventure in some after-day of adversity when these so-called friends have looked out for their own interests and left us to do [...]
“As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.”—Proverbs 27:8.
Solomon spoke from observation. He had seen certain persons of a vagrant kind, and he perceived that they seldom or never prospered. Moreover, he spoke from inspiration as well as from observation, hence the sagacity of the philosopher [...]
‘Faithful are the wounds of a friend’ (Proverbs 27:6).
The death in sin, which we lamented so much over in the last chapter, is now happily a thing of the past with us. Divine grace brought us to life; the power of heaven has preserved us; and faithful promises has secured our spiritual immortality. It is [...]
“Thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.”—Proverbs 27:1.
What a great mercy it is that we do not know “what a day may bring forth”! We are often thankful for knowledge, but in this case we may be particularly grateful for ignorance. It is the glory of God, we are told, to conceal a [...]
“Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.”—Proverbs 27:1.
God’s most holy Word was principally written to inform us of the way to heaven, and to guide us in our path through this world, to the realms of eternal life and light. But as if to teach us that [...]
“Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.” — Proverbs 27:1
Subject: We ought to behave ourselves every day as though we had not dependence on any other day.
The design of the wise man in this book of Proverbs, is to give us the precepts of true wisdom, or [...]
“As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.”—Proverbs 25:25.
This is a text for summertime rather than for a winter’s evening. It is only on one of our hottest summer days that we could fully appreciate the illustration here employed; we need to be parched with thirst to be [...]
“It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.”—Proverbs 25:2.
The translation of our text, if it had been more literal, would have run thus, “It is the glory of God to cover a matter, but the honor of kings is to search out [...]
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“I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received [...]
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“I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; and to, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down, Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it and received [...]