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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 10:14

Proverbs 10:14Wise men lay up knowledge. Experience kept for useAnother brief definition of wisdom. Many get knowledge, and let it go as fast as they get it. They put their winnings into a bag with holes. The part of wisdom is to treasure up experience, and hold it ready for use in the time and place of need. Everything may be turned to account. Even losses may be converted into gains. Let nothing trickle out and flow away useless. None of the wisdom comes for nothing, either to old or young.... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 10:15

Proverbs 10:15The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The money powerHere he is describing what is, rather than prescribing what ought to be. In all ages and in all lands money has been a mighty power, and its relative importance increases with the advance of civilisation. It does not reach the Divine purpose; but it controls human action. The Jews wield this money power in a greater degree than any other people. Over against this formidable power stands the counterpart weakness--“the... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 10:18

Proverbs 10:18He that uttereth a slander is a fool. The folly of slanderI. Slandering is foolish, as sinful and wicked. All sin is foolish upon many accounts. To lie simply is a great fault, being a deviation from that good rule which prescribeth truth in all our words. Of all lies those certainly are the worst which proceed from malice, or from vanity, or from both, and which work mischief; such slanders are. To bear any hatred or ill-will towards any man is a heinous fault. Of this the... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 10:19

Proverbs 10:19In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin The sin of gabCarlyle says, “There is a great necessity indeed of getting a little more silent than we are.It seems to me that the finest nations in the world--England and America--are going away into wind and tongue; but it will appear sufficiently tragical by and by, long after I am away out of it (the world). Silence is the eternal duty of a man. ‘Watch the tongue ‘ is a very old precept, and a most true one.” The most thinking... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 10:20

Proverbs 10:20The heart of the wicked is little worth. The heart not good where the practice is evilIt is a dangerous opinion that however a man may deviate in his general practice from the habits of morality and religion, yet still he may be possessed of a good heart at bottom. If we trace the rise and progress of this baneful opinion, we shall find its origin in the confusion of ideas prevalent relative to the determination of what is to be called good, and what evil. This has given rise to... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 10:22

Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and He addeth no sorrow with it. Riches in God’s blessingI. God’s blessing gives material wealth. The silver and the gold are His, and He gives them to whomsoever He will. He who rules in the highest, reaches down to the minutest concerns of this world, and controls them all.II. God’s blessing makes rich His blessing is riches, although the wealth of the world should all flee away. There are two ways of acquiring wealth. Some people grow... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 10:23

Proverbs 10:23It is as sport to a fool to do mischief. Moral phases of lifeHuman life has its spiritual and moral as well as its material and intellectual side. Five things in these verses of great moral significance.I. Wealth making happy. Great temporal possessions are often the occasion of mental suffering. They awaken in the mind harassing cares, painful anxieties, and distressing suspicions. Wealth reached in harmony with the will of God, and employed in the service of benevolence and... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 10:24

Proverbs 10:24The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.A contrastScripture is a book full of the strongest contrasts. As in the work of an eminent painter, it contains light and shade.I. Who are the wicked? We must not confine our ideas to the notoriously profligate. As long as a man is uncalled of God, and unregenerate, he is a stranger to all that is truly spiritual, and knows not the true nature of sin. Malachi describes the righteous... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 10:27

Proverbs 10:27The fear of the Lord prolongeth days. Long life a promised blessingWe may wish for one another long life. Every one wishes it for himself. It is a mistake to regard this wish as an infirmity. Strong love of life is not necessarily sinful.1. Long life is distinctly promised in Scripture as a blessing to God’s people, both in the Old and New Testaments.2. See why long life is a blessing. Because God rewards the good works of His people. He enables them to do good works, and rewards... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 10:28

Proverbs 10:28The hope of the righteous shall be gladness.On hopes and disappointmentsI. We are not to expect permanence in our acquisitions. On the lot of some men Providence is pleased to bestow a longer continuance of prosperity than on that of others. But as the term of that continuance is hidden from us, all flattering and confident expectations are without foundation. Human life never stands still for any long time. It is by no means a fixed and steady object, like a mountain or rock. Nor... read more

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