Proverbs 13:6 - Homilies By E. Johnson

The outward correspondence with the inward

I. UPRIGHTNESS IS THE DESIGNATION OF BOTH AN INWARD AND AN OUTWARD STATE .

1 . As a sensuous image, uprightness suggests strength, confidence, well grounded stability.

2 . As a figure of the mind and character, it denotes moral principle, fixed purpose, based upon firm faith in God and his moral order.

3 . Its consequence is a state of security amidst danger, freedom from evil.

II. WICKEDNESS AND RUIN ARE INTERCHANGEABLE THOUGHTS .

1 . The ruin begins in the inward decay of moral principle.

2 . It is consummated in outward decay—of reputation, of possessions, of health, of life.—J.