Proverbs 5

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 5:12

Proverbs 5:12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.Conscience as an instrument of punishmentThese are supposed to be the words of a young man whose dissolute life had induced disease and want and infamy. He stands out upon the dim verge of life, a beacon light to all who live without God. Remorse, like a fierce vulture, had clutched upon his soul, and despair had cast the shadows of a cheerless night around him. It was from his moral reflections that his keenest... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 5:13

Proverbs 5:13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers.Consequences of disobedienceCan any state be more distressing than that of an individual who has enjoyed the best opportunities of securing his own happiness and promoting that of others, totally failing in both these, and becoming the subject of bitter self-reproach?I. There is the admission of having had the great advantage of teachers. There are scarcely any but have had some very considerable advantages and means of religious... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 5:15

Proverbs 5:15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. Spiritual resourcesI. Man has independent spiritual resources.1. He has independent sources of thought. Every sane man can and does think for himself.2. He has independent sources of experience. No two have exactly the same experience.3. He has independent powers of usefulness. Every man has a power to do some thing which no other can.II. Man Is Bound To Use These Resources. “Drink waters out of thine... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 5:16

Proverbs 5:16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad.The children of marriageStreams of children. Unlawful intercourse is often barren.I. Children of lawful marriage are like rivers.1. In plenty. God’s blessing goes with marriage.2. In purity. Pure fountains bring forth pure streams.3. In spreading abroad.4. In profitableness.II. Children are a great part of the comforts of marriage.1. Because they are a part of both their parents.2. Because they are a firm bond of love, peace, and reconciliation... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 5:17

Proverbs 5:17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.Strangers with theeStrangers with thee in life! Those united in Christ are those only who are united in truth. Strangers with thee in death! Alone wilt thou descend the banks of that dark river. For be assured the hosts of darkness and sin flee terror-stricken from its waters. The Lord and the Church are with them; but “strangers with thee.” Strangers with thee in eternity! There the little finesses and shams by which rivalry... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 5:21

Proverbs 5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord. The method of Providence for restraining evilGod announces Himself the witness and judge of man. The evil-doer can neither elude the all-seeing eye, nor escape from the almighty hand. Secrecy is the study and the hope of the wicked. A sinner’s chief labour is to hide his sin, and his labour is all lost. Darkness hideth not from God. He who knows evil in its secret source is able to limit the range of its operation. There is a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 5:22

Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself. Man as known by God and punished by sinI. Man as known by God. The fact that God knows man thoroughly, if practically realised, will have a fourfold effect upon the soul.1. It will stimulate to great spiritual activity.2. It will restrain from the commission of sin.3. It will excite the desire for pardon.4. It will brace the soul in the performance of duty.II. Man as punished at sin. As virtue is its own reward, so sin is its own... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 5:23

Proverbs 5:23He shall die without instruction. The great charity of early instructionAll persons are born in a state of ignorance and darkness as to spiritual things; therefore all young persons need instruction. Good instruction in youth is God’s appointed means to bring men to the saving knowledge of Himself, and the attainment of salvation. The neglect of early instruction and good education is the ruin of many a person in both worlds. They live viciously and die desperately; they pass from... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:1

Pro 5:1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding: Ver. 1. My son, attend unto my wisdom. ] Aristotle a could say that young men are but cross and crooked hearers of moral philosophy, and have much need to be stirred up to diligent attendance. Fornication is by many of them held a peccadillo; and Aristotle spareth not to confess the disability of moral wisdom to rectify the intemperance of nature; which also he made good in his practice, for he used a common... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:2

Pro 5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge. Ver. 2. That thou mayest regard discretion. ] Or, That thou mayest keep in thy thoughts, as Job did, Job 31:1 "Why then should I think upon a maid?" "Out of the hearts of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications," &c., saith our Saviour. Mar 7:21 Many men’s hearts are no better than stews and brothel houses, by reason of base and beastly thoughts and lusts that muster and swarm there, like the... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 5:13

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 5:15

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 5:16

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 5:17

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 5:21

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 5:22

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 5:23

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:1

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:2

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