Proverbs 12:18 - There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. Click here for previous sermon. States Proverbs 20:9 “Who can say, ‘I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin’”? 24What the wicked fears will come upon him,         But the desire of the righteous will be granted. But sure it is the saints shall reign in a glorious manner: Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.' If you leave them out, and suppose that the 'way of the Lord' is what is spoken of in both clauses, you get a far deeper and fuller meaning. They are vindicatory, that is, they threaten the disobedient with punishment. 31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. 21The lips of the righteous feed many,         But fools die for lack of understanding. 27 Hee that is greedy of gaine, troubleth his owne house: but he that hateth gifts, shall liue. Part 2. 'And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain: escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.' 18. What constitute the sanctions of law. The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; The fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook. You write to me from beyond the sea to ask of me advice which I should have preferred that you had sought from some other. The tongues of those who are upright and in right standing with God are as choice silver; the minds of those who are wicked and out of harmony with God are of little value. Proverbs 10:20 The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver,The heart of the wicked is worth little. 20 The tongue of the iust is as choise siluer: the heart of the wicked is little worth. Douay-Rheims Bible Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin. Trust in God. 18. 21. Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin. The heart in view “devises” plans. I shall now proceed to declare the folly of it; and to make good by divers reasons the assertion of the wise man, that "He who uttereth slander is a fool." Proverbs 15:28 Context. II. 8 Better a little with justice, 31 e The ear that listens to f life-giving reproof. 30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. 10 The heart knows its own r bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy. 10 The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy. Christ and him crucified is the ground of all our hopes--the foundation upon which all our desires after God and holiness are built--and the root, 15th Sunday after Trinity. I shall now proceed to declare the folly of it; and to make good by divers reasons the assertion of the wise man, that "He who uttereth slander is a fool." The Poor in Spirit are Enriched with a Kingdom. 7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. 3 A fool’s mouth lashes out with pride, but the lips of the wise protect them. Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, said he to you; but his heart is not with you. Part 1. 29The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the upright,         But ruin to the workers of iniquity. We desperately need the wisdom and direction of the Lord to know His ways and to know our own heart and its wicked ways. 30The righteous will never be shaken,         But the wicked will not dwell in the land. 25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. If he desires fame, office or wealth he will seek to set forces in motion, here and now, which will bring him that which …Henry T. Sell—Studies in the Life of the Christian, Letter xxxi (A. 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