Chapter 13
Verse 1
There is great hope of those that reverence their parents. There is little hope of any who will
not hear those that deal faithfully with them.
Verse 2
By our words we must be justified or condemned, Mt 12:37.Verse 3
He that thinks before he speaks, that suppresses evil if he have thought it, keeps his soul from
a great deal both of guilt and grief. Many a one is ruined by an ungoverned tongue.
Verse 4
The slothful desire the gains the diligent get, but hate the pains the diligent take; therefore they
have nothing. This is especially true as to the soul.
Verse 5
Where sin reigns, the man is loathsome. If his conscience were awake, he would abhor himself,
and repent in dust and ashes.
Verse 6
An honest desire to do right, preserves a man from fatal mistakes, better than a thousand
fine-drawn distinctions.
Verse 7
Some who are really poor, trade and spend as if they were rich: this is sin, and will be shame,
and it will end accordingly. Some that are really rich, would be thought to be poor: in this there is
want of gratitude to God, want of justice and charity to others. There are many hypocrites, empty
of grace, who will not be convinced of their poverty. There are many fearing Christians, who are
spiritually rich, yet think themselves poor; by their doubts, and complaints, and griefs, they make
themselves poor.
Verse 8