The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 13:19
Proverbs 13:19The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.Soul pleasure and soul painI. Soul pleasure. What is it?1. An accomplished desire. Desire is the spring power of our activities. Locke defines it “as the uneasiness which a man feels within him on the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries the delight with it.” The desires of the soul, which are very varied, are very significant of our destiny. “Our desires,” says Goethe, “are the presentiments of the faculties which lie... read more
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 13:1-25
Proverbs 13:1 . A wise son heareth his father’s instruction. This maxim is in substance often repeated, it being of the last importance to hear the wisdom of a father proceeding from so much love, and sanctioned by long experience. And he who hearkens to a wise father is here called a wise son; while he who rejects paternal counsel altogether is branded with the name of a scorner. Proverbs 13:2 . Transgressors shall eat violence. The Septuagint, “Shall perish before their time,” or die... read more