Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Proverbs 10:4
DISCOURSE: 774EFFECTS OF SLOTH AND DILIGENCE COMPAREDProverbs 10:4. He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.IT is certainly true, that men’s circumstances in life depend on their own exertions, so far at least, as to justify the declaration in the text. Sometimes indeed God is pleased to raise men to opulence by labours not their own; and sometimes to withhold success from the industrious. But though this inequality is sometimes found in the... read more
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Proverbs 10:3
DISCOURSE: 773GOD’S CARE FOR THE RIGHTEOUSProverbs 10:3. The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish.GOD, who is the author and giver of all good, dispenses his blessings no less to the evil and unjust, than to the good and just. But he promises to those who seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, that all other things shall be added unto them. To this effect he speaks also in the passage before us. But though this be the primary import of the text, we must not exclude... read more