Counsels of the Wise King; or, Proverbs of Solomon Applied to Daily Life, vol. 1
Overview
A devotional based on the Proverbs, Counsels of the Wise King; or, Proverbs of Solomon Applied to Daily Life, vol. 1 provides passages, interpretation, illustrations, and applications for daily meditation and study. Intended for use in private devotion, each day’s reading encourages readers to look further into the proverbs for insight and revelation and to consider how the words can and should affect one’s life.
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- Focuses on practical application
- Includes separate readings for holy days appended
- Contains devotions for January 1–June 30
- Provides interpretation, illustration, and application in every lesson
Top Highlights
“Prayer is a crucial test of the spiritual life. As we are, so we shall pray; and as we pray, so we shall be.” (Page 7)
“Be it mine to eschew contention and all that leads to it; to ‘follow after the things that make for peace;’ and as much as lieth in me to live peaceably with all!” (Page 10)
“So, while St. John says, ‘Keep yourselves from idols,’ here I am taught to pray that they may be kept from me” (Page 7)
“To acknowledge God (lit. ‘take notice of’ Him) is to recognize Him as the sole arbiter of our plans.” (Page 8)
“He that ruleth his spirit is one who is master, not only of his temper, but of all his passions” (Page 151)
- Title: Counsels of the Wise King; or, Proverbs of Solomon Applied to Daily Life, vol. 1
- Author: Christopher Ridley Pearson
- Publisher: W. Skeffington & Son
- Publication Date: 1880
- Pages: 191