Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, And the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: And all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days … Read more
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; Neither be weary of his correction: For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. These words from the text for the Apostles exhortation on the Lord’s discipline in Hebrews 12. He has expounded them by the inspiration of the Holy … Read more
Honour the Lord with thy substance, And with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy presses shall burst out with new wine. Having learned to depart from evil, the Lord becomes the object of the heart. It is not giving Him the first place merely. It is a … Read more
Be not wise in thine own eyes: Fear the Lord, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones. To be wise in our own eyes is the very opposite to leaning not onto our own understanding. Where the Lord is truly feared, evil will be hated and departed … Read more
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, And He shall direct thy paths. Solemn the admonition, and precious the assurance here for all who would be guided in the way of peace. “He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool” (Chap. … Read more
Let not (lovingkindness) mercy and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man. “The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ” (John 1:17). The law was … Read more
My son, forget not my law; But let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, And peace, shall they add to thee. Here we are still on Jewish ground, but the exhortation is of all importance to us as well as to those who see in long life an evidence … Read more
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. It is not the … Read more
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. So true this that those who have been ensnared and fallen into ways of uncleanness go through life under a blight from which they never recover. The … Read more
The word of God is also given To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God. Again and again, we catch glimpses of this strange woman flitting in and out in the pages of … Read more