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I. A DISSOLUTE YOUNG MAN WITH A DECAYING BODY. The wise man foresaw the wretched physical condition to which the dissolute life of the young man whom he calls his son would lead.

1. It is a sad sight to see a young man decay at all.

2. It is more sad when the physical decay has been produced by a dissolute life.

II. A DISSOLUTE YOUNG MAN WITH AN ACTIVE MEMORY.

1. He remembers the many privileges he has abused.

2. He remembers the sinful scenes of his life.

III. A DISSOLUTE YOUNG MAN WITH A TORTURING CONSCIENCE.

1. An agonising sense of self-blamefulness. Conscience casts all excuses to the winds; it fastens the crime home on the individual himself.

2. An agonising sense of self-ruin. The moral wail here breathes the feeling of destruction.

(D. Thomas, D. D.)

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KJV: And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

WEB: You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,