Prov. xxxi.

In her Conversation.

I. ‘She openeth her mouth with wisdom,’ verse 26.

1. No foolish talking, or jesting. Job, xv. 3. Eph. v. 4.

2. No chattering or gossip, which tends to penury. Prov. xiv. 23. Eccles. x. 11, 14.

3. No deception. Prov. xxiv. 28; xx. 17.

II. ‘In her tongue is the law of kindness,’ verse 26.

1. No tale-bearing or back-biting. Prov. xxv. 23; xxvi. 22. Ps. xv. 3.

How mischievous. Prov. xxiv. 2.

2. No flattering, like wicked woman. Prov. v. 3; vi. 24. Ps. v. 9.

III. How important to bridle the tongue. Jam. i. 26.

There is often much wisdom in silence. Ps. xxxiv. 13. Prov. xvii. 28; xxix. 11.

Let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ. Philip, i. 27. Ps. lxxvii. 12. Prov. xv. 4. 1 Pet. iii. 1. 2 Pet. iii. 11. Col. iii. 16.

Make this your prayer. Ps. xix. 14; cxli. 3.

Blessing promised. Ps. l. 23.

IV. Three good rules.

1. So speak to your husband and children, that should these be your last words, you would not regret them.

2. Never say anything of your neighbours you would dislike them to overhear.

3. In all your conversation, remember that the Lord is nigh, and hears each word.