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Proverbs 15:5 - Homilies By E. Johnson

Contempt and respect for instruction

The fool is as a "wild ass's colt" ( Job 11:12 ), recalcitrant, stubborn; while he who early shows a willingness to listen to good advice has the germ of prudence, the prophecy of a safe career.

I. A MURMURING TEMPER , A RELUCTANCE TO SUBMIT TO NECESSITY AND THE COURSE OF LIFE , IS IN REALITY A CONTEMPT OF GOD .

II. SUBMISSION TO THE INEVITABLE , COMPLIANCE TO THE LAWS OF LIVING , IS DOCILITY TO GOD .—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 15:5 - Homilies By E. Johnson

Proverbs 15:5 - Homilies By E. Johnson

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