INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
CHAPTER 10
"...wealth which men get unjustly will do them no good, because God will blast it: Treasures of wickedness profit nothing." "The soul of the righteous shall be kept alive by the word of God, & faith in his promise when young lions shall lack & suffer hunger." "...those who are fervent in spirit, serving the Lord, are likely to be rich in faith & rich in good works." "He who gets knowledge & wisdom in the days of his youth gathers in summer, & he will have the comfort & credit of his industry; but he who idles away the days of his youth will bear the shame of his indolence when is old." "Blessed men leave behind them blessed memories." "Bad men are & shall be forgotten, or spoken of with contempt." "He that perverts his ways... shall be made an example of, for warning to others" "Violence covers the mouth of the wicked; what he got by violence shall by violence be taken from him" "Love, instead of proclaiming & aggravating the offence, conceals & extenuates it as far as it is capable of being concealed & extenuated." "Love will cover a multitude of sins." "It is a man's honour to have wisdom, but much more to be instrumental to make others wise." "The things of this world are good or evil, life or death, as they are used, & as those are that have them." "He that refrains his lips, that often checks himself, suppresses what he has thought, & holds in that which would transpire, is a wise man" "Wickedness shortens men's lives, & frustrates their hopes: The years of the wicked, that are spent in the pleasures of sin & the drudgery of the world, shall be shortened." "That joy of the Lord which is to be found only in the way of the Lord, will be our strength (Neh. 8:10), & therefore the righteous shall never be removed." CHAPTER 11 "Integrity & uprightness will preserve men. Psalms 25:21." "It is righteousness only that will deliver from the evil of death." "By the knowledge of God, & the scriptures, & their own hearts shall the lust be delivered from those that lie in wait to deceive, & so to destroy. Romans 16:18, 19." "Righteousness inclines, disposes, & leads the soul to life." "...nothing is more pleasing to God than sincerity & plain-dealing: Such as are upright in their way, such as aim & act with integrity, such as have their conversation in the world in simplicity & godly sincerity" "Men that have any sense of gratitude will return it if there be occasion; the merciful shall find mercy & the kind be kindly dealt with." "When those that take root in the world wither those that are grafted into Christ & partake of his root & fatness shall be fruitful & flourishing." CHAPTER 12 "Those that have grace & love it will delight in all the instructions that are given them by way of counsel, admonition, or reproof by the word or providence of God; they will value a good education, & think it not a hardship, but a happiness, to be under a strict & prudent discipline." "That prosperity which is raised by sin is built on the sand" "Those that by faith are rooted in Christ are firmly fixed; in him their comfort & happiness are so rooted as never to be rooted up." "The best reputation is that which attends virtue..." "What it is that keeps a wise man from being a fool; he is willing to be advised, desires to have counsel given him, & hearkens to counsel" "What is true will always be true; we may abide by it, & need not fear being disproved & put to shame." "The lie will be disproved." "Those that are diligent & honest when they are apprentices will come to be masters" "A good word from God, applied by faith, makes it glad" "In the way of righteousness there is life, & no death, life & immortality." CHAPTER 13 "...those that take pains in the service of God find both the pleasure & profit of it." "Those that are humble & peaceable are wise & well adapted." "He that fears the commandment, that stands in awe of God, pays a deference to his authority, has a reverence for his word, is afraid of displeasing God & incurring the penalties annexed to the commandment, shall not only escape destruction, but shall be rewarded for his godly fear. In keeping the commandment there is great reward." "The service of sin is perfect slavery & the road to hell is strewed with the thorns & thistles that are the products of the curse." "The desire of good men towards the favour of God & spiritual blessings brings that which is sweet to their souls" "Multitudes are brought to ruin by bad company: A companion of fools shall be broken" "Those that feed on the bread of life, that feast on the promises, meet with abundant satisfaction of soul there, eat & are filled." "It is the misery of the wicked that, through the insatiableness of their own desires, they are always needy" "...their sensual appetite is always craving." Matthew Henry's Commentary: Job To Song Of Solomon, Mac Donald, pgs. 842 - 866.
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September 2023
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