Proverbs 16:2 Whether it be from the condition in which man is placed in this world, closely surrounded on all sides by what is visible and tangible, or because our understandings have been darkened in consequence of the fall, it is certain that we experience the greatest difficulty in forming any... [ Continue Reading ]
Proverbs 16:6 Value of almsgiving in the sight of God. I. God knits together in the utmost closeness our own deeds, done by His grace, with His own deeds for us. When our Lord Himself says in plain words, "Give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you," He does no... [ Continue Reading ]
Proverbs 16:16 I. Better than gold! But gold is good, very good, and he who would put forward with success the far higher worth of wisdom had better not begin his argument by putting too low an estimate on gold. Gold is full of service; has in it wondrous potencies for smoothing life-travel, lighte... [ Continue Reading ]
Proverbs 16:18 There is a tendency in knowledge to produce humility: so that the more a man knows the more likely he is to think little of himself. I. Pride proves deficiency of knowledge first, in respect of our state by nature. Who could be proud of beauty, if fraught with the consciousness that... [ Continue Reading ]
Proverbs 16:25 Our difficulty in life is often with things that _seem_to be right. I. Does not the way of self-protection seem to be right? To a certain extent it is right; pressed unduly it becomes practical atheism. II. Does not the way of physical persecution for truth's sake seem to be right?... [ Continue Reading ]