A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth, Sermons
I. THE SPITEFUL MAN DEFINED GENERALLY. (Ver. 12.) He is "naughty," the old English word being expressive; otherwise "a thing of naught," a "slight man" (Shakespeare); in German heilloss, "unsound," "unworthy," and so worthless. Gather up the sense and force of these adjectives, and we get the idea comprehensively of badness, the sensuous counterpart of which is rottenness, corruption. II. HIS CHARACTERISTICS. (Vers. 13, 14) 1. In mien and gesture and language. His mouth is twisted to a false expression, and utters false things. There is an obliquity and uncertainty in his glance (comp. Proverbs 10:10). He is full of shy tricks and hints - the thrust of the foot, nudges and signs with his fingers. "The shrug, the 'hum!' the 'ha!' those petty brands that calumny doth use" (Shakespeare). 2. In spirit perverse. It is a nature awry, inwardly deformed. Busily inventive, scheming mischief, breeding quarrels (comp. on Proverbs 3:29). It is a mind naturally active and curious, which, disabled from good, swings inevitably to the other extreme. III. HIS DESTINY. An overthrow, sudden, utter, irremediable. 1. This is described constantly as the common doom of all kinds of wickedness. 2. The Bible makes sharp distinctions, and opposes characters in an absolute manner. Fine distinctions would run into the infinite. But we must make them in every particular case. 3. The doom ever stands in the relation of correspondence to the guilt. - J. A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. I. THE PORTRAIT OF A BAD MAN. 1. He is perverse in speech. He has no regard for truth or propriety. False, irreverent, impure, audacious. 2. He is artful in his conduct. "Winketh with his eyes," etc. He expresses his base spirit in crafty and clandestine and cunning methods. He is anything but straightforward and transparent. 3. Mischievous in purpose. "Deviseth mischief." Malevolence is his inspiration. He rejoiceth in evil. II. THE DOOM OF A BAD MAN. "Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly." This doom is — 1. Certain. The moral laws of the universe and the Word of God guarantee the punishment of sin. 2. Sudden. "Suddenly shall he be broken." The suddenness does not arise from want of warning, but from the neglect of warning. 3. Irremediable. "Without remedy." When once his doom is fixed, there is no alteration. "As the tree falls, so it must lie." () In human nature, as in every other, there is an innate love of freedom. But alas! in human nature, as fallen, this principle, good in itself, has taken a sadly perverse direction. It is too often the mere love of following, without restraint, our own inclinations. And while aversion to restraint is common to all, it is peculiarly strong in the bosom of youth. The freedom, not the want of it, is sometimes the thing really to be ashamed of. () I. A NOTORIOUSLY WICKED MAN CARES FOR NO LAWS OF GOD OR MAN. 1. He hath stopped the mouth of his conscience with his sins. 2. He has no love to either God or man, therefore he disregards both. 3. He fears neither, and therefore slights their laws. 4. He sees many escape, and such examples harden their hearts. II. SUCH A MAN'S LIFE IS ALTOGETHER WICKED. 1. His thoughts are altogether earthly. 2. All his delight is in wickedness. III. A PERVERSE MOUTH IS A SURE MARK OF AN UNGODLY MAN. 1. Few, or only the extremely wicked, will talk or boast of their wickedness. 2. When men are grown to this height they are beyond the Cape of Good Hope. A crooked mind will make a crooked mouth. Take heed. God hath given thee a mouth to speak to His glory, not to dishonour Him, nor to proclaim thine own shame. ( )
People SolomonPlaces JerusalemTopics FALSE, Belial, Causing, Corrupt, Crooked, Evil-doer, Froward, Goes, Good-for-nothing, Iniquity, Mouth, Naughty, Perverse, Perverseness, Speech, Trouble, Villain, Walketh, Walking, Walks, Wicked, Worthless, WorthlessnessOutline 1. against indebtedness
6. idleness
12. and mischievousness
16. seven things detestable to God
20. the blessings of obedience
25. the mischief of unfaithfulness
Dictionary of Bible Themes Proverbs 6:12 4121 Satan, enemy of God
6130 corruption Proverbs 6:10-15 5398 loss Proverbs 6:12-13 5152 fingers Proverbs 6:12-14 5834 disagreement Proverbs 6:12-15 5817 conspiracies
5890 insecurity
5948 shrewdness Proverbs 6:12-19 8736 evil, warnings against Library The Talking Book
A Sermon (No. 1017) Delivered on Lord's Day Morning, October 22nd, 1871 at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, by C. H. Spurgeon. "When thou awakest, it shall talk with thee."--Proverbs 6:22. It is a very happy circumstance when the commandment of our father and the law of our mother are also the commandment of God and the law of the Lord. Happy are they who have a double force to draw them to the right--the bonds of nature, and the cords of grace. They sin with a vengeance who sin both against …
C.H. Spurgeon—Sermons on ProverbsAn Appeal to Children of Godly Parents
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C.H. Spurgeon—Sermons on Proverbs The Talking Book
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Leo the Great—Writings of Leo the Great A Jealous God
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 9: 1863 How Subjects and Prelates are to be Admonished.
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Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The Heavenly Footman; Or, a Description of the Man that Gets to Heaven:
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Many specimens of the so-called Wisdom Literature are preserved for us in the book of Proverbs, for its contents are by no means confined to what we call proverbs. The first nine chapters constitute a continuous discourse, almost in the manner of a sermon; and of the last two chapters, ch. xxx. is largely made up of enigmas, and xxxi. is in part a description of the good housewife. All, however, are rightly subsumed under the idea of wisdom, which to the Hebrew had always moral relations. The Hebrew …
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