Proverbs 15:1
I. It is a very hard thing to live through a month without being
unkind or angry. Calm and sweet tempers are rare; and perhaps we may
say, without disparaging their value or their beauty, that it is not
to these to which we naturally look for the most conspicuous services
in the cause... [ Continue Reading ]
Proverbs 15:20
I. Consider in what this wisdom consists. Wisdom in the Proverbs does
not mean simply intellectual greatness, or intellectual acquirements;
a man may be very learned and clever, yet be quite destitute of that
excellent wisdom of which Solomon speaks. Wisdom means goodness; it
means s... [ Continue Reading ]
Proverbs 15:23
I. It is of importance to take notice of that habit which is opposed
to the duty for which the text contends; I mean the habit of reserve.
It would be a grievous mistake to suppose that this habit is wholly a
bad one. But the important point to notice is, that the reaction
against the... [ Continue Reading ]