The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 10:31
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom.Piety a peculiar ornament to the agedI. Who may properly be called old people? Old and young are relative terms, and admit of different significations. Children always think their parents are old. They are old who have grey hairs here and there upon them. The distinction in ages has always been considered as an important distinction by all mankind, who have marked it by some peculiar symptoms or visible effects which the different... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 10:29
Proverbs 10:29The way of the Lord is strength to the upright.The two-fold aspect of the Divine workingThe words “shall be” in the second clause are supplementary and unnecessary. They destroy the completeness of the antithesis between the two halves of the verse. It is the same way which is strength to one man and ruin to another, and the moral nature of the man determines which it shall be to him.I. Put clearly the meaning and bearing of these words. “The way of the Lord” means religion,... read more