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and also, the result of God's government, whatever appearances may be for awhile. It is well to observe, that there is no question of redemption or propitiation in this book; it proposes a walk according to the wisdom of God's government.<p>In the final chapter we have the character of a king according to wisdom, and that of the woman in her own house-the king who does not allow himself that which, by darkening his moral discernment through the indulgence of his lusts, would make him unfit to govern. In the woman we see the persevering and devoted industry which fills the house with riches, brings honour to its inhabitants, and removes all the cares and anxieties produced by sloth. The typical application of these two specific characters is too evident to need explanation. The example of the woman is very useful, as to the spirit of the thing, to one who labours in the assembly.<p>Although in this book the wisdom produced by the fear of Jehovah is only applied to this world, it is on that very account of great use to the Christian, who, in view of his heavenly privileges, might, more or less, forget the continual government of God. It is very important for the Christian to remember the fear of the Lord, and the effect of God's presence on the details of his conduct; and I repeat that which I said at the beginning, that it is great grace which deigns to apply divine wisdom to all the details of the life of man in the midst of the confusion brought in by sin. Occupied with heavenly things, the Christian is less in the way of discovering, by his own experience, the clue to the labyrinth of evil through which he is passing. God has considered this, and He has laid down this first principle, "wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil." Thus the Christian may be ignorant of evil (if a worldling were so, he would fall into it), and yet avoid it through his knowledge of good. The wisdom of God gives him the latter; the government of God provides for all the rest. Now, in the Proverbs, we have these things in principle and in detail. I have not dwelt on the figurative character of the forms of evil. They are rather principles than figures. But the violent man of the last days is continually found in the Psalms; and Babylon is the full accomplishment of the woman who takes the simple in her snares and leads them down to death; just as Christ is the perfect wisdom of God which leads to life. But these two things which manifest evil proceed from the heart of man at all times since the fall: only we have seen that there is an active development of the wiles of the evil woman, who has her own house and her own arrangements. It is not simply the principle of corruption, but an organised system, as is that of sovereign wisdom. <p></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-2.htm">Proverbs 24:2</a></div><div class="verse">For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-3.htm">Proverbs 24:3</a></div><div class="verse">Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-4.htm">Proverbs 24:4</a></div><div class="verse">And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-5.htm">Proverbs 24:5</a></div><div class="verse">A wise man <i>is</i> strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-6.htm">Proverbs 24:6</a></div><div class="verse">For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers <i>there is</i> safety.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-7.htm">Proverbs 24:7</a></div><div class="verse">Wisdom <i>is</i> too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-8.htm">Proverbs 24:8</a></div><div class="verse">He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-9.htm">Proverbs 24:9</a></div><div class="verse">The thought of foolishness <i>is</i> sin: and the scorner <i>is</i> an abomination to men.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-10.htm">Proverbs 24:10</a></div><div class="verse"><i>If</i> thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength <i>is</i> small.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-11.htm">Proverbs 24:11</a></div><div class="verse">If thou forbear to deliver <i>them that are</i> drawn unto death, and <i>those that are</i> ready to be slain;</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-12.htm">Proverbs 24:12</a></div><div class="verse">If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider <i>it</i>? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth <i>not</i> he know <i>it</i>? and shall <i>not</i> he render to <i>every</i> man according to his works?</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-13.htm">Proverbs 24:13</a></div><div class="verse">My son, eat thou honey, because <i>it is</i> good; and the honeycomb, <i>which is</i> sweet to thy taste:</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-14.htm">Proverbs 24:14</a></div><div class="verse">So <i>shall</i> the knowledge of wisdom <i>be</i> unto thy soul: when thou hast found <i>it</i>, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-15.htm">Proverbs 24:15</a></div><div class="verse">Lay not wait, O wicked <i>man</i>, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-16.htm">Proverbs 24:16</a></div><div class="verse">For a just <i>man</i> falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-17.htm">Proverbs 24:17</a></div><div class="verse">Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-18.htm">Proverbs 24:18</a></div><div class="verse">Lest the LORD see <i>it</i>, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-19.htm">Proverbs 24:19</a></div><div class="verse">Fret not thyself because of evil <i>men</i>, neither be thou envious at the wicked;</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-20.htm">Proverbs 24:20</a></div><div class="verse">For there shall be no reward to the evil <i>man</i>; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-21.htm">Proverbs 24:21</a></div><div class="verse">My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: <i>and</i> meddle not with them that are given to change:</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-22.htm">Proverbs 24:22</a></div><div class="verse">For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-23.htm">Proverbs 24:23</a></div><div class="verse">These <i>things</i> also <i>belong</i> to the wise. <i>It is</i> not good to have respect of persons in judgment.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-24.htm">Proverbs 24:24</a></div><div class="verse">He that saith unto the wicked, Thou <i>art</i> righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-25.htm">Proverbs 24:25</a></div><div class="verse">But to them that rebuke <i>him</i> shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-26.htm">Proverbs 24:26</a></div><div class="verse"><i>Every man</i> shall kiss <i>his</i> lips that giveth a right answer.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-27.htm">Proverbs 24:27</a></div><div class="verse">Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-28.htm">Proverbs 24:28</a></div><div class="verse">Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive <i>not</i> with thy lips.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-29.htm">Proverbs 24:29</a></div><div class="verse">Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-30.htm">Proverbs 24:30</a></div><div class="verse">I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-31.htm">Proverbs 24:31</a></div><div class="verse">And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, <i>and</i> nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-32.htm">Proverbs 24:32</a></div><div class="verse">Then I saw, <i>and</i> considered <i>it</i> well: I looked upon <i>it, and</i> received instruction.</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-33.htm">Proverbs 24:33</a></div><div class="verse"><i>Yet</i> a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:</div><div class="comm"><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-34.htm">Proverbs 24:34</a></div><div class="verse">So shall thy poverty come <i>as</i> one that travelleth; 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