Through the Bible Day by Day - Proverbs 20:16 - 20:16

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“The Glory of Young Men”

Pro 20:16-30

What a wonderful thought is given in Pro 20:27! We stand like a row of unlighted candles until God’s Spirit kindles us. Has the Divine Nature ever bent over your nature, communicating to it its glow and fire? If so, be very careful that no puff of wind shall extinguish that sacred spark; and see that it is supplied with the daily nutriment it requires. The whole paragraph seems to indicate the clear shining of this light, which must not be hidden under a bushel, but placed on the stand, that it may give light to all who come in. So let your light shine that men may admire neither the lamp-stand nor the wick, but the glory of the light of God radiating from you.

Such a soul will be true, Pro 20:17; will be wise, Pro 20:18; will eschew tale-bearing and flattery, Pro 20:19; will honor the parents that gave it birth, Pro 20:20; will win a good inheritance by patient industry, Pro 20:21; will wait on the salvation of God, Pro 20:22; will accept God’s guidance, Pro 20:24; will follow mercy and truth, Pro 20:28; will be strong, and pure, and faithful. Such should be the glory of all young men and maidens if their old age shall be beautiful, Pro 20:29.