@Verse 1 We should be more careful to do that by which we may get and keep a good name, than to raise or add unto a great estate. @2 . Divine Providence has so ordered it, that some are rich, and others poor, but all are guilty before God; and at the throne of God's grace the poor are as welcome as the rich. @3 . Faith foresees the evil coming upon sinners, and looks to Jesus Christ as the sure refuge from the storm. @4 . Where the fear of God is, there will be humility. And much is to be enjoyed by it; spiritual riches, and eternal life at last. @5 . The way of sin is vexatious and dangerous. But the way of duty is safe and easy. @6 . Train children, not in the way they would go, that of their corrupt hearts, but in the way they should go; in which, if you love them, you would have them go. As soon as possible every child should be led to the knowledge of the Saviour. @7 . This shows how important it is for every man to keep out of debt. As to the things of this life, there is a difference between the rich and the poor; but let the poor remember, it is the Lord that made the difference. @8 . The power which many abuse, will soon fail them. @9 . He that seeks to relieve the wants and miseries of others shall be blessed. @10 . Profane scoffers and revilers disturb the peace. @11 . God will be the Friend of a man in whose spirit there is no guile; this honour have all the saints. @12 . God turns the counsels and designs of treacherous men to their own confusion. @13 . The slothful man talks of a lion without, but considers not his real danger from the devil, that roaring lion within, and from his own slothfulness, which kills him. @14 . The vile sin of licentiousness commonly besots the mind beyond recovery. @15 . Sin is foolishness, it is in the heart, there is an inward inclination to sin: children bring it into the world with them; and it cleaves close to the soul. We all need to be corrected by our heavenly Father. @16 . We are but stewards, and must distribute what God intrusts to our care, according to his will. @17-21 . To these words, to this knowledge, the ear must be bowed down, and the heart applied by faith and love. To live a life of delight in God and dependence on him, is the foundation of all practical religion. The way to know the certainty of the @ that robs and oppresses the poor, does so at his peril. And if @ hearts have so much tinder in them, that it is dangerous to have to do with those that throw about the sparks of their passion. @ those are not so, who, by folly or other carelessness, waste what they have. @28 . We are taught not to trespass on another man's right. And it is hard to find a truly industrious man. Such a man will rise. Seest thou a man diligent in the business of religion? He is likely to excel. Let us then be diligent in God's work.