WHY AM I THUS?
Proverbs 1:1
Proverbs
37 sermons on Proverbs
THE HOLD FAST
Proverbs 4:13 — "Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life."
THE GREAT RESERVOIR
Proverbs 4:23 — "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life."
PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON-LUKE 2:1-20
Proverbs 5:11 — "At the last."
SINNERS BOUND WITH THE CORDS OF SIN
Proverbs 5:22 — "His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the eords of his sins."
THE TALKING BOOK
Proverbs 6:22 — "When thou awakest, it shall talk with thee."
PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON-JOHN 20
Proverbs 11:25 — "He that watereth shall be watered also himself."
PORTIONS OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON-EX. 20, AND PS. 32
Proverbs 11:26 — "He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it."
HYMNS FROM “OUR OWN HYMN BOOK”-750, 748
Proverbs 11:30 — "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise."
MAN UNKNOWN TO MAN
Proverbs 14:10 — "The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy."
HOW A MAN’S CONDUCT COMES HOME TO HIM
Proverbs 14:14 — "The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself."
GODLY FEAR AND ITS GOODLY CONSEQUENCE
Proverbs 14:26 — "In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge."
THE HEDGE OF THORNS AND THE PLAIN WAY
Proverbs 15:19 — "The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain."
UNSOUND SPIRITUAL TRADING
Proverbs 16:2 — "All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits."
TRUST IN GOD-TRUE WISDOM
Proverbs 16:20 — "He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he."
THE UNRIVALLED FRIEND
Proverbs 17:17 — "A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity."
OUR STRONGHOLD
Proverbs 18:10 — "The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe."
PRIDE AND HUMILITY
Proverbs 18:12 — "Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility."
THE CAUSE AND CURE OF A WOUNDED SPIRIT
Proverbs 18:14 — "The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?"
A FAITHFUL FRIEND
Proverbs 18:24 — "There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother."
THE SLUGGARD’S REPROOF
Proverbs 20:4 — "The sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg it harvest, and have nothing."
HYMNS FROM “OUR OWN HYMN BOOK”-769, 408, 807
Proverbs 22:13 — "The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets."
“ALL THE DAY LONG”
Proverbs 23:17 — "Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off."
THREE IMPORTANT PRECEPTS
Proverbs 23:19 — "Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way."
BUYING THE TRUTH
Proverbs 23:23 — "Buy the truth, and sell it not."
THE HEART: A GIFT FOR GOD
Proverbs 23:26 — "My son, give me thine heart."
GOD’S GLORY IN HIDING SIN
Proverbs 25:2 — "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter."
TO-MORROW
Proverbs 27:1 — "Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth."
SPIRITUAL APPETITE
Proverbs 27:7 — "The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet."
THE WANDERING BIRD
Proverbs 27:8 — "As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place."
THE BEST FRIEND
Proverbs 27:10 — "Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not."
THE WAY TO HONOUR
Proverbs 27:18 — "Whose keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured."
THE HONOURED SERVANT
Proverbs 27:18 — "Whose keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured."
TWO COVERINGS AND TWO CONSEQUENCES
Proverbs 28:13 — "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper."
THE RIGHT KIND OF FEAR
Proverbs 28:14 — "Happy is the man that feareth alway."
TWO ANCIENT PROVERBS
Proverbs 29:25 — "The fear of man bringeth a snare; but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe."
A HOMILY FOR HUMBLE FOLKS
Proverbs 30:2 — "Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man."
THE GOSPEL CORDIAL
Proverbs 31:6 — "Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more."