Proverbs 13:9 - The Pulpit Commentary - Bible Study & Commentary

Proverbs 13:9 - Homilies By E. Johnson

Joy and gloom

I. LIGHT IS THE SYMBOL OF JOY .

II. HENCE THE CHEERFUL BURNING OF A LIGHT IS THE SYMBOL OF THE GOOD MAN 'S HEART . He sits in the centre and enjoys clear day.

III. GLOOM IS THE NATURAL EMBLEM OF SORROW .

IV. THE PUTTING OUT OF A LAMP IN DARKNESS IS THE EMBLEM OF THE EXTINCTION OF JOY , OF HOPE —Of all that makes life worth having, and of life itself.—J.

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

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Proverbs 13:9 - Homilies By E. Johnson

Proverbs 13:9 - Homilies By E. Johnson

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