Expositions Of Holy Scripture
EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
CONTENTS
THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS (CONTINUED) 12
2 KINGS viii. 9-15 — THE STORY OF HAZAEL 12
2 KINGS x. 18-31—IMPURE ZEAL 17
2 KINGS xi. 1-16—JEHOIADA AND JOASH 23
2 KINGS xii. 4-15—METHODICAL LIBERALITY 29
2 KINGS xiii. 16—THE SPIRIT OF POWER 34
2 KINGS xvii. 6-18—A KINGDOM'S EPITAPH 41
2 KINGS xvii. 33—DIVIDED WORSHIP 48
2 KINGS xviii. 5,6—HEZEKIAH, A PATTERN OF DEVOUT LIFE 54
2 KINGS xix. 20-22; 28-37—'HE UTTERED HIS VOICE, THE EARTH MELTED' 60
2 KINGS xxii. 8-20—THE REDISCOVERED LAW AND ITS EFFECTS 66
2 KINGS xxv. 1-12—THE END 71
THE BOOK OF 2 CHRONICLES 83
1 CHRON. vi. 32 —DAVID'S CHORISTERS 83
1 CHRON. xii. 33—DRILL AND ENTHUSIASM 89
1 CHRON. xxii. 6-16—DAVID'S PROHIBITED DESIRE AND PERMITTED SERVICE 96
1 CHRON. xxviii. 1-10—DAVID'S CHARGE TO SOLOMON 101
1 CHRON. xxix. 30—THE WAVES OF TIME 106
THE BOOK OF 2 CHRONICLES 118
2 Chron. xii. 8—CONTRASTED SERVICES 118
2 CHRON. xiii. 18—THE SECRET OF VICTORY 125
2 CHRON. xiv. 2-8—ASA'S REFORMATION, AND CONSEQUENT PEACE AND VICTORY 131
2 CHRON. xiv. 11—ASA'S PRAYER 134
2 CHRON. xv. 15—THE SEARCH THAT ALWAYS FINDS 140
2 CHRON. xvii. 1-10—JEHOSHAPHAT'S REFORM 147
1 CHRON. xvii, 16—AMASIAH 152
2 CHRON. XIX. 1-11—'A MIRROR FOR MAGISTRATES' 156
2 CHRON xx. 12—A STRANGE BATTLE 160
2 CHRON. xx. 20—HOLDING FAST AND HELD FAST 166
2 CHRON. xxiv. 2, 17—JOASH 172
2 CHRON. xxiv. 4-14—GLAD GIVERS AND FAITHFUL WORKERS 178
2 CHRON. xxv. 9—PRUDENCE AND FAITH 185
2 CHRON. xxvii 6—JOTHAM 192
2 CHRON. xxviii. 23—COSTLY AND FATAL HELP 198
2 CHRON. xxix. 1-11—A GODLY REFORMATION 207
2 CHRON. xxix. 18-31—SACRIFICE RENEWED 213
2 CHRON. xxx. 1-13—A LOVING CALL TO REUNION 218
2 CHRON. XXXII. 1—A STRANGE REWARD FOR FAITHFULNESS 224
2 CHRON. xxxiii. 9-16—MANASSEH'S SIN AND REPENTANCE 230
2 CHRON. xxxiv. 1-13—JOSIAH 235
2 CHRON. xxxiv. 14-28—JOSIAH AND THE NEWLY FOUND LAW 240
2 CHRON. xxxvi 11-21—THE FALL OF JUDAH 247
THE BOOK OF EZRA 252
EZRA i. 1-11—THE EVE OF THE RESTORATION 252
EZRA iii. 1-13—ALTAR AND TEMPLE 259
EZRA iv. 1-5—BUILDING IN TROUBLOUS TIMES 266
EZRA. vi. 14-22—THE NEW TEMPLE AND ITS WORSHIP 269
EZRA vi. 22—GOD THE JOY-BRINGER 276
EZRA viii. 22, 23, 31, 32—HEROIC FAITH 282
EZRA viii. 29—THE CHARGE OF THE PILGRIM PRIESTS 289
THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH 296
NEH. i. 1-11—A REFORMER'S SCHOOLING 296
NEH. i. 4 — THE CHURCH AND SOCIAL EVILS 304
NEH. iii. 28—'OVER AGAINST HIS HOUSE' 311
Neh. iv. 9-21—DISCOURAGEMENTS AND COURAGE 320
Neh. v. 15—AN ANCIENT NONCONFORMIST 326
Neh. viii. 1-12—READING THE LAW WITH TEARS AND JOY 335
Neh. viii. 10—THE JOY OF THE LORD 342
NEH. xiii. 15-22—SABBATH OBSERVANCE 352
THE BOOK OF ESTHER 359
ESTHER iii. 1-11—THE NET SPREAD 359
ESTHER iv. 10-17; v. 1-3—ESTHER'S VENTURE 364
ESTHER iv. 14—MORDECAI AND ESTHER 371
ESTHER viii. 3-8,15-17—THE NET BROKEN 379
THE BOOK OF JOB 384
JOB i. 21—SORROW THAT WORSHIPS 384
JOB v. 17-27—THE PEACEABLE FRUITS OF SORROWS RIGHTLY BORNE 388
ROMANS v. 5.—TWO KINDS OF HOPE 394
JOB xiv. 14—JOB'S QUESTION, JESUS' ANSWER 397
JOB xxii. 21—KNOWLEDGE AND PEACE 402
JOB xxii. 26-29—WHAT LIFE MAY BE MADE 406
JOB xlii. 1-10—'THE END OF THE LORD' 414
THE PROVERBS 420
PROV. i. 1-19—A YOUNG MAN'S BEST COUNSELLOR 420
PROVERBS i. 20-33—WISDOM'S CALL 426
PROVERBS iii. 1-10—THE SECRET OF WELL-BEING 432
PROVERBS iii. 11-24—THE GIFTS OF HEAVENLY WISDOM 436
PROVERBS iv. 10-19—THE TWO PATHS 443
PROVERBS iv. 12—MONOTONY AND CRISES 447
PROVERBS iv. 18—FROM DAWN TO NOON 452
PROVERBS iv. 23—KEEPING AND KEPT 460
PROVERBS v. 22—THE CORDS OF SIN 466
PROVERBS viii. 21—WISDOM'S GIFT 472
PROVERBS viii. 30, 31—WISDOM AND CHRIST 476
PROVERBS x. 29—THE TWO-FOLD ASPECT OF THE DIVINE WORKING 483
PROVERBS xii. 1-15—THE MANY-SIDED CONTRAST OF WISDOM AND FOLLY 492
PROVERBS xiii. 7—THE POOR RICH AND THE RICH POOR 500
PROVERBS xiii. 23—THE TILLAGE OF THE POOR 508
Proverbs xiv, 9—SIN THE MOCKER 514
PROVERBS xiv. 13—HOLLOW LAUGHTER, SOLID JOY 519
PROVERBS xiv. 14—SATISFIED FROM SELF 523
PROVERBS xvi. 2—WHAT I THINK OF MYSELF AND WHAT GOD THINKS OF ME 526
PROVERBS xvi. 22-33—A BUNDLE OF PROVERBS 534
PROVERBS xviii. 10,11—TWO FORTRESSES 539
PROVERBS xx. 1-7—A STRING OF PEARLS 548
PROVERBS xx. 4—THE SLUGGARD IN HARVEST 553
PROVERBS xx. 17—BREAD AND GRAVEL 561
PROVERBS xxiii. 15-23—A CONDENSED GUIDE FOR LIFE 565
PROVERBS xxiii. 17, 18—THE AFTERWARDS AND OUR HOPE 571
PROVERBS xxiii. 29-35—THE PORTRAIT OF A DRUNKYARD 578
PROVERBS xxiv. 11, 12—THE CRIME OF NEGLIGENCE 585
PROVERBS xxiv. 30, 31—THE SLUGGARD'S GARDEN 590
PROVERBS xxv. 28—AN UNWALLED CITY 594
PROVERBS, xxvii. 3—THE WEIGHT OF SAND 598
PROVERBS xxxi 10-31—PORTRAIT OF A MATRON 606
ECCLESIASTES; OR, THE PREACHER 613
ECCLES. i. 4—WHAT PASSES AND WHAT ABIDES 613
ECCLES. i. 9—THE PAST AND THE FUTURE 621
ECCLES. i. 13.—TWO VIEWS OF LIFE 629
Eccles. iii. 2—'A TIME TO PLANT' 634
ECCLES. iii. 11—ETERNITY IN THE HEART 644
ECCLES. v. 1-12—LESSONS FOR WORSHIP AND FOR WORK 657
ECCLES. v. 15—NAKED OR CLOTHED? 664
ECCLES. vii. 8—FINIS CORONAT OPUS 668
ECCLES. viii. 11—MISUSED RESPITE 672
ECCLES. x. 8—FENCES AND SERPENTS 677
ECCLES. x. 15—THE WAY TO THE CITY 684
ECCLES. xi. 9; xii. 1—A NEW YEARS SERMON TO THE YOUNG 692
ECCLES. xii. 1-7,13,14—THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER 701