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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:9

Proverbs 3:9Honour the Lord with thy substance.The highest giving, the condition of the highest gettingI. The highest giving.1. Giving to the Best Being.2. Giving the best things to the Best Being. The surrender of self is essential to give virtue and acceptance to all other contributions (Romans 12:1).II. The highest getting. By giving this you get back--what? The choicest and fullest Divine blessings.1. He who yields his all to God attends to the conditions of all true prosperity--industry,... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:11

Proverbs 3:11Despise not the chastening of the Lord. Chastisements disciplinaryThe text is a kind of condensation of practical wisdom for the direction of life. It has reference to those dealings of God with men which have a stern and severe aspect, which are in themselves painful and unwelcome, and under which the human soul cannot well be satisfied or sustained aside from the two considerations, first, that they are the appointments of God, and second, that they are designed to be... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:12

Proverbs 3:12For whom the Lord loveth He correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. The characteristics of fatherly chastisementThe paternal relation is frequently ascribed to the Almighty, as that in which He stands to His people and servants. This reminds them that they are placed by Him under discipline, and that, if they offend, they must expect to receive chastisement.I. A father will chastise his son with reluctance. He will try all other means first. When he does... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:13-26

Proverbs 3:13-26Happy is the man that findeth wisdom. WisdomI. The pleasures of wisdom.1. Present happiness.2. Lasting happiness.II. The preciousness of wisdom (Proverbs 3:14-18). Many figures are employed to set forth the preciousness of wisdom.III. The possession of wisdom.1. Its reception (Proverbs 3:18). This laying hold implies earnestness and determination. Heavenly wisdom will never be the portion of the man who has “no heart to it” (Proverbs 17:16).2. Its retention (Proverbs 3:21). The... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:14

Proverbs 3:14For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. The honour, profit, and pleasure of religionIt is an unquestionable truth, that to walk in the paths which God has enjoined, is to secure to ourselves the most perfect felicity which our present state will admit; and that our misery and unhappiness arise in proportion to our deviation from that “peaceful and pleasant path.” If you are wise enough to lay hold of and retain this... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:15

Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than rubies.The quality of virtueThe words wisdom, understanding, and knowledge partly translate the word “virtue.”I. The wonderful effects virtue produces on the mind.1. The effects bear no proportion to our immediate sentiments concerning it.2. Observe the complete change which it produces upon the human character itself. It gives the human being all the value which he can possess.3. Notice the power it possesses of communicating immediate happiness to the... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:16

Proverbs 3:16Length of days is in her right hand.Godliness a help to longevitySo far from being true that good men, women, and children die sooner than others, the reverse is actually the case. As wickedness acts as a shortener of life, so does a regard for God’s wholesome laws help to lengthen it. It is an unnatural thing for one to desire to die before he has finished his work on earth. It cannot be wrong in us to love life, when God promises it to His children as a special blessing. It is... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:17

Proverbs 3:17Her ways are ways of pleasantness. The walk of faith a way of pleasantness and peaceI. Why is it that all the ways of wisdom are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace? Because they are the appointment of an infinitely tender Father for His covenant children to walk in. The way towards Mount Zion might have been full of bitterness, but even then it would have been best to walk in the way of safety. Heaven has its openings here. The peaceful mind, the heart that rests in... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:19

Proverbs 3:19The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth.Earthly and heavenly wisdomThere is but one wisdom for God and man. Man’s true wisdom is a pattern of God’s wisdom. A man to prosper in the world must get the very same wisdom by which God made and rules the world. In the last hundred years science has improved in a most wonderful way, and is improving every day. This improvement has taken place simply by mankind understanding this text, and obeying it. For more than sixteen hundred years... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:20

Proverbs 3:20The clouds drop down the dew.The sea night-mist of PalestineThere is a very remarkable and regular provision of Nature, peculiar to Bible lands, which may be observed in a first sight of Palestine on any night in the hot season when a west wind is blowing. I allude to the sea night-mist of the hot season. It explains in a very striking and hitherto unsuspected manner the numerous occurrences of the Hebrew word tal, uniformly rendered “dew” in the Authorised Version of the Bible.... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:9

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:11

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:12

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:13-26

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:14

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:15

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:16

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:17

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:19

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:20

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