Proverbs 24:10 I. The special object of all the training and discipline through which we pass in life is the increase of strength. II. Every life has its day of adversity. It is in the day of adversity that a man's character is tested. Adversity makes or mars a man. A man is either the better or t... [ Continue Reading ]
Proverbs 24:11 I. Groundless excuses can be of no avail as made to God, because, in the first place, He is a Being who considers everything. If God considers, if He be a God who searcheth the spirits, a God by whom actions are weighed, then I instantly learn, if there be vanity in an excuse, it mus... [ Continue Reading ]
Proverbs 24:30 I. The scene shows that if we will not have flowers and fruits, we shall certainly have thorns and nettles. II. The scene shows that the sluggard and the fool cannot hide the results of their neglect. III. The scene shows how possible it is to be right in some particulars and to be... [ Continue Reading ]
Proverbs 24:32 I. When the learner in God's school goes out to observe mankind, he will think of the manner, and cautions, and rules for turning what he sees to the most beneficial account and of the most instructive points to fix his attention upon. (1) Let not his observing be merely of the natur... [ Continue Reading ]