Proverbs 28

Where it is preached

1. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

   Adoption cites Prov 28:1

   …heraldry; they have their escutcheon or coat-armour; sometimes the lion for courage; Prov 28:1; sometimes the dove for meekness; Cant 2:14; sometimes the eagle for flight; Isa 40:01…

2. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 4, Chapter 20 — Of Civil Government cites Prov. 28:2

   …Scripture. Solomon says—“For the transgression of a land, many are the princes thereof” (Prov. 28:2). Job says—“He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle” (Job.…

3. A Call to the Unconverted · Richard Baxter

   Sermon IV cites Prov. xxviii. 9

   …19. “Your prayers are abominable, because you turn away your ear from hearing the law,” Prov. xxviii. 9. and are more ready to offer the sacrifice of fools (thinking you do God some special…

4. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

   The Month of May cites Prov. 28:10

   …that debt.'' May 17 NO NEED TO STINT "The upright shall have good things in possession" Prov. 28:10 The Book of Proverbs is also a Book of Promises. Promises ought to be proverbs among the…

5. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

   Dealing with Those Who Lack Assurance and with Backsliders cites Prov. xxviii. 13

   …questionable practice which they ought to confess and give up. John viii. 12; Is. lv. 7; Prov. xxviii. 13; Ps. xxxii. 1‒5, are useful passages in dealing with this class of men, for they show…

6. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

   Dealing with the Willful and the Deluded cites Prov. xxviii. 13

   …thing from them. There are those who say “I cannot acknowledge a wrong that I have done.” Prov. xxviii. 13, will show the wretchedness and woe that is sure to follow unless the wrong is…

7. The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth · Ochorus Originals

   Repentance cites PROVERBS 28:13

   …his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. PROVERBS 28:13 Why she would not say only believe This conviction shaped her whole method with…

8. The Key Teachings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer · Ochorus Originals

   Confession to One Another cites PROVERBS 28:13

   …his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. PROVERBS 28:13 And it is a breakthrough to certainty. This is perhaps the most practical point of all.…

9. The Key Teachings of Charles G. Finney · Ochorus Originals

   Confess and Forsake cites PROVERBS 28:13

   …his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. PROVERBS 28:13 When Finney first sat under George Gale’s preaching at Adams, one of the questions that…

10. The Key Teachings of Corrie ten Boom · Ochorus Originals

    Rags in the Torch cites PROVERBS 28:13

    …his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. PROVERBS 28:13 She insisted that confession must be honest. We must not excuse our sins, she said…

11. The Life and Diary of David Brainerd (For Teens) · David Brainerd

    Saying Sorry cites Proverbs 28:13

    …his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.” — Proverbs 28:13 (KJV) For a while, Brainerd felt badly treated by Yale, and in some ways he had been.…

12. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of August cites Prov. 28:13

    …his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy" Prov. 28:13 Here is the way of mercy for a guilty and repenting sinner. He must cease from the habit…

13. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites Prov. 28:13

    …time promised to him who has this evidence of true repentance, that he forsakes his sin, Prov. 28:13, and Isa. 55:7, and many other places. Holy practice is the proper evidence of a saving…

14. George Müller of Bristol · Arthur T. Pierson

    The Word of God and Prayer cites Proverbs xxviii. 13

    …pledge, and fulfil the lawful expectation which His own gracious assurance has created. * Proverbs xxviii. 13. Thus we have not only examples of argument in prayer, but concessions of the living God…

15. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Justice of God cites Prov 28:13

    …John 1:9. Not only merciful but just. Why just? Because he has promised to forgive such. Prov 28:13. If thy heart has been broken for and from sin, thou mayest not only plead God’s mercy…

16. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Repentance cites Prov. xxviii. 13

    …Surely these promises are encouragements. Again I say, doubt about repentance no more. (Prov. xxviii. 13; 1 John i. 9; Matt. v. 3, 4, 6.) (c) Hear, for another thing, what gracious declarations…

17. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Confession cites Prov. xxviii. 13

    …his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall find mercy.” (Prov. xxviii. 13.) Without confession there is no inward peace. Conscience will never be at rest, so long…

18. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Eighth Stage cites Prov. 28:14

    …Prince of pilgrims and your soul. For he saith, “Blessed is the man that feareth always.” Prov. 28:14. Valiant-for-Truth: Well but, brother, I pray thee tell us what was it that was the cause…

19. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites Prov. 28:14

    …is the man that feareth alway; but he that hardeneth his heart falleth into mischief,” (Prov. 28:14). The fear he speaks of is that which renders us more cautious, not that which produces…

20. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of September cites Prov. 28:14

    …of thy tenderness. Sept. 9 FEAR HAS ITS PLACE "Happy is the man that feareth alway" Prov. 28:14 The fear of the Lord is the beginning and the foundation of all true religion. Without a…

21. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion cites Prov. 28:14

    …having a heart unaffected in time of danger, is expressed by his hardening his heart: Prov. 28:14, “Happy is the man that feareth alway; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into…

22. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    IX. Gracious affections soften the heart, and are attended and followed with a Christian tenderness of spirit cites Prov. 28:14

    …see his way plain before him, afraid to be left alone, and to be at a distance from God: Prov. 28:14, “Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into…

23. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    The Ruler of the Waves cites Prov. xxviii. 14

    …always.” “Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” (1 Pet. v. 5; Prov. xxviii. 14; 1 Cor. x. 12.) Why do I dwell on this? Do I want to apologize for the corruptions of…

24. Faithful With Little · Ochorus Originals

    Gain All You Can, Honestly cites Proverbs 28:20

    …will be richly blessed, but one who rushes to get rich will not escape punishment” (Proverbs 28:20). Better still: “Better a little gained honestly than a fortune made by injustice”…

25. Sons of the King – 30 Days with God for Guys – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 6 — A Faithful Man cites Proverbs 28:20

    …man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.” — Proverbs 28:20 (BSB) Proverbs compares two kinds of guys. The first is faithful. He’s reliable and…

26. Real Questions – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    Is Gambling Wrong? cites Proverbs 28:20

    …evil” (1 Timothy 6:9–10). Proverbs warns, “one eager to be rich will not go unpunished” (Proverbs 28:20), and contrasts quick money with steady work: “what is earned through hard work will be…

27. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Ninth Stage cites Prov. 28:26

    …tells me so. Christian: The wise man says, “He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool.” Prov. 28:26. Ignorance: That is spoken of an evil heart; but mine is a good one. Christian: But how…

28. The Key Teachings of John Bunyan · Ochorus Originals

    Ignorance and the Good Heart cites PROVERBS 28:26

    …trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. PROVERBS 28:26 Christian then explains what a good heart and good thoughts really are. Good thoughts…

29. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Our Hope! cites Prov. xxviii. 26

    …above all things.”—“He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool.” (Jer. xvii. 9. Prov. xxviii. 26.)—I have frequently heard dying people say that “they felt quite happy and ready to go.”…

30. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    The Heart cites Prov. xxviii. 26

    …there. It is a weighty saying of Solomon: “He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool.” (Prov. xxviii. 26.) Is your heart right? Then be hopeful about the hearts of other people. Who has made you…

31. The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards · Ochorus Originals

    Open Thine Hand Wide cites PROVERBS 28:27

    …giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. PROVERBS 28:27 Where to read him with care Two cautions belong here. The first is that Edwards pressed…