The Book Of Proverbs Explained And Illustrated From Holy Scripture PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 edition. Excerpt: ...strife Prov. xvii. 9. Proverbs. soweth strife, and a whisperer separateth chief friends. Ch. xvi. 31. The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. Illustrations from Scripture. References, fyc. between David and Hanun, by insi-"Thereisnonuating, that David was influenced by thln8" sowell mciint nut it base motives in the embassy he sent, maybe'ill in2 Sam. x. 3. terpreted." Ziba, insinuating to David, that Me-BP-Patrick. phibosheth designed to usurp the government, 2 Sam. xvi. 3. The Chaldeans, jealous of Shadrach Prov. iv. 24; and his brethren, reporting to their pa-vi'li '. tron Nebuchadnezzar, their not worshipping his golden image, Dan. iii. 8--13. Herodias sowed strife between Herod and John the Baptist, Mark vi. 19, 20. Judaizing teachers endeavouring to undermine Paul's authority, and alienating from him the affections of the Corinthians, 1 Cor. iv. 8; 2 Cor. xii. 15; and Galatians, Gal. iii. 1; iv. 16, and sowing discord among themselves, 1 Cor. iii. 3: Gal. v. 15. Aged Jacob, though a foreigner and a shepherd, Gen. xlvi. 34, was honoured by God to pronounce a blessing even on Pharaoh, king of Egypt, Gen. xlvii. 10. The anxiety of Joseph, though lord of Egypt, for his father's blessing on his children, Gen. xlviii. 1, &c.; Heb. xi. 21; and the great respect Joseph paid Jacob, Gen. xlvi. 29; 1. 4--13. Joseph, who, from a youth, had served God, lived to be one hundred and ten years, and with his dying breath testified how entirely his heart and treasure were in God's promises, Gen. 1. 25; Heb.Xi. 22. This, his perseverance, in well-doing though for eighty years, surrounded with every temptation to worldliness and idolatry, sheds a lustre on his character. Samuel, 1 Sam. xii....