Sermon Bible Commentary
Proverbs 14:31
I. Notice some suggestions as to the practice of mercy to the poor. We must not confine our aim either to the sins of the soul on the one hand, or to the sufferings of the body on the other.
II. Every one must do his part in the great work of helping those who cannot help themselves.
III. Mercy to the poor must be a law operating from within, and not a system adopted from without.
IV. There must be regulating wisdom as well as motive power.
V. Whatever share you may be able to take in the wholesale benevolence of organised societies, you should also carry on a retail business by personal contact with the sufferers.
W. Arnot, Laws from Heaven,1st series, p. 410.
References: Proverbs 14:32. J. Owen, Thursday Penny Pulpit,vol. vii., p. 49; W. Arnot, Laws from Heaven,1st series, p. 417; Homiletic Magazine,vol. viii., p. 198; G. Brooks, Outlines of Sermons,p. 179. Proverbs 14:32. R. Wardlaw, Lectures on Proverbs,vol. ii., p. 11.Proverbs 14:34. J. Budgen, Parochial Sermons,vol. ii., p. 262; Bishop Temple, Christian World Pulpit,vol. xvi., p. 49.