Verse 19
Here is an unprofitable, slothful, wicked servant; one that serves not from conscience, or love,
but from fear.
Verse 20
When a man is self-conceited, rash, and given to wrangling, there is more hope of the ignorant
and profligate.
Verse 21
Good usage to a servant does not mean indulgence, which would ruin even a child. The body
is a servant to the soul; those that humour it, and are over-tender of it, will find it forget its place.
Verse 22
An angry, passionate disposition makes men provoking to one another, and provoking to God.Verse 23
Only those who humble themselves shall be exalted and established.Verse 24
The receiver is as bad as the thief.Verse 25
Many are ashamed to own Christ now; and he will not own them in the day of judgment. But
he that trusts in the Lord will be saved from this snare.
Verse 26
The wisest course is, to look to God, and seek the favour of the Ruler of rulers; for every creature
is that to us which God makes it to be.
Verse 27
The just man abhors the sins of the wicked, and shuns their company. Christ exposed the
wickedness of men, yet prayed for the wicked when they were crucifying him. Hatred to sin in
ourselves and others, is a needful branch of the Christian temper. But all that are unholy, have
rooted hatred to godliness.