Proverbs 22

Where it is preached

1. The Life of Trust · George Müller

   Plenty and Want cites Proverbs xxii. 6

   … years only, the prayers which they offer up on their behalf. Now, while such passages as Proverbs xxii. 6, Ecclesiastes xi. 1, Galatians vi. 9, 1 Cor. xv. 58, give unto us assurance not merely re…

2. Women Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

   Susanna Wesley — The Mother of Methodism cites Proverbs 22:6

   …en off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it” (Proverbs 22:6, NIV). This was not merely a parenting strategy for her but a theology of intercession: t…

3. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

   On the Education of Children cites Prov. 22:6

   …a child in the way wherein he should go: And when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Prov. 22:6. 1. We must not imagine that these words are to be understood in an absolute sense, as if…

4. Women Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

   Scripture Appendix: Prayers in God’s Word cites Proverbs 22:6

   …y rest on me.” John 15:5 — “Apart from me you can do nothing.” Chapter 3 — Susanna Wesley Proverbs 22:6 — “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not…

5. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites Prov 22: 6

   …rain up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.’ Prov 22: 6. The more your children fear God, the more they will honour you. (2) If you would have yo…

6. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

   The Fifth Stage cites Prov. 22:14

   …istian: Thank God that you escaped her: the abhorred of the Lord shall fall into her pit. Prov. 22:14. Faithful: Nay, I know not whether I did wholly escape her or no. Christian: Why, I trow …

7. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   2.7 The Seventh Commandment cites Prov 22: 14

   …outh of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.’ Prov 22: 14. What can be worse than to be abhorred of God? God may be angry with his own children; bu…

8. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

   Threshing cites Proverbs 22:15

   …ness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him” (Proverbs 22:15). If, while we are imperfect, we succeed with our children through our poor and limited c…

9. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   2.8 The Eighth Commandment cites Prov 22: 26

   … a thief to himself by suretiship. ‘Be not thou one of them that are sureties for debts.’ Prov 22: 26. The creditor comes upon the surety for debt, and so, by paying another’s debt, he is a t…

10. The Life of Trust · George Müller

    Faith Strengthened by Exercise cites Prov. xxii. 26

    … us, “Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.” Prov. xxii. 26. The way in which Satan ensnares persons, to bring them into the net, and to bring troubl…