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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 23:17

Proverbs 23:17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.Envy of sinners forbidden, and the fear of God enjoinedI. Some of the reasons why men very frequently are induced to envy sinners.1. They perhaps see them possessed of wealth, in the enjoyment of many outward comforts, and encircled with the means of gratification; and these are things after which human nature hankers. The idea of happiness is commonly connected with the possession of them. But,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 23:18

Proverbs 23:18Surely there is an end.The endLet religion be the very atmosphere in which you live and move and have your being; and the reason for this is, “surely there is an end.”I. The solemn certainty which nobody can deny.1. All our actions, thoughts, feelings, capabilities, everything about us, relations and all the rest of it, will come to a close, and leave behind them consequences that never come to a close. Behind everything something else lies, and that afterwards is made by the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 23:19

Proverbs 23:19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.Three important preceptsThe words are very direct and personal.I. The precept contained in the word “hear.” I take it to mean, “Hear the gospel.” “Take heed what ye hear.”1. Take care that you hear with a view to obtaining faith in the Lord Jesus.2. Hear without prejudice.3. Hear for yourself.4. Hear when the sermon is done.5. Hear the gospel as the voice of God. He that hath an ear towards God will find that God... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 23:23

Proverbs 23:23Buy the truth, and sell it not.A domestic homily on buying the truthWhen the wise man counselled his pupil to “buy the truth,” he had the whole range of truth before his mind: truth in history, in science, in social economics, in morals, and in religion. It is a slander that revelation, or the religion which accepts revelation as its guide, seeks the shade of ignorance and demands to lead its devotees blindfolded through the universe. Revelation demands light, and ever more light.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 23:25

Proverbs 23:25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.Filial pietyRespect and love for parents are not, indeed, the motives which operate with the greatest force upon minds renewed by the Spirit of grace and truth. With such the most powerful incentives to action are those which derive their origin from the relation we sustain to God, the author of life and salvation. It is sometimes the case that an ingenuous youth is more influenced by the recollection of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 23:26

Proverbs 23:26My son, give Me thine heart.The heart a gift for GodI. Love prompts this request of wisdom.1. Only love seeks after love. We care not to be loved by those whom we do not love. When God asks human love it is because God is love. It is an instance of infinite condescension that God should say, “My son, give Me thine heart.” The Great Benefactor becomes Himself the petitioner. It must be because of the great love of God that He condescends to put Himself into such a position.2. It... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 23:29-35

Proverbs 23:29-35They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.The woes of the drunkardThe ugly sketch given here should be enough to warn all young people against tampering with a vice which may make it a portrait of them. The questions, six in number, fall into three pairs, which deal respectively with the man’s feelings of discomfort, his relations with others, and his physical sufferings. Who is the original of this foul picture of degradation and misery? The answer is... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 23:35

Proverbs 23:35They have beaten me and I felt it not: when shall I awake?I will seek it yet again. Satan’s anesthetic1. The application of anaesthetics to surgery is one of the most beneficent discoveries of the present age. One shudders at the very thought of the surgical operations of the olden days, executed without the merciful drug that makes the patient unconscious of his agony. But almost every good thing in the kingdom of God is travestied in the kingdom of Satan. Satan has therefore his... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 23:17

Pro 23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long. Ver. 17. Let not thine heart envy sinners. ] Who, have they never so much here, they have but a pension, an annuity; a state of life granted them in the utmost and most remote part of our inheritance. But be thou in the fear of the Lord all day long. ] An excellent means to cure one of the fret. Probatum est. Only it must be used constantly. Men must wake with God, walk with him, and lie down... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 23:18

Pro 23:18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. Ver. 18. For surely there is an end, ] viz., Of their pomp and prosperity. Dum faenea quadam felicitate temporaliter floreant, as Augustine a hath it: while as grass they flourish, and then deflourish. And thine expectation shall not be cut off. ] As the wicked shall. Psa 37:38 Cheer up, therefore, and do not despond: Flebile principium melior fortuna sequetur, as Queen Elizabeth was wont to say, while she... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 23:17

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 23:18

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 23:19

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 23:23

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 23:25

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 23:26

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 23:29-35

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 23:35

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 23:17

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 23:18

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