Chapter XVII

Critical Notes
1 See Homiletics on chap xv., 17
2 The Foolish Son and the Wise Servant
3 The Trier of Hearts
4 The Evil Speaker and the Listener
5 A Double Revelation
6 Father and Children
7 A Twofold Incongruity
8 The Power of Gifts
9 How to Make Friends and How to Separate Them
10 Correction Must be Adapted to the Character of
the Offender
11-13 Phases of Evil
14 The Beginning of Strife
15 Inversion and Restitution
16 Neglected Opportunities
17, 18 True Friendship
19 Outlines and Suggestive Comments.
20, 21 See Homiletics on chap. x. 1, 13, 14, etc.,
and on verse 24
22 The Merry Heart
23 Bribery
24 The Eyes of a Fool and Those of a Wise Man
25 See Homiletics on chap. x. 1
26 Smiting the Just
27, 28 Two Badges of a Wise Man

CHAPTER XVIII.
Critical Notes
1, 2 Solitude
3 The Short-lived Prosperity of Evil Men
4 A Good Man's Mouth
5 See Homiletics on chap. xvii. 15 and 26
6-8 Folly and Its Results
9 Twin-Brothers
10, 11 Two Citadels
12 See Homiletics on chap. xi. 2 and xvi. 18
13 Answering Before Hearing
14 Sickness of Body and Wounds of Soul
15 Prudence and Knowledge
16 The Influence of Talent
17 Cross-Examination
18 The Use of the Lot
19 Castle Bars
20, 21 The Power of the Little Member
22 A Twofold Good
23 Rich and Poor
24 The Obligations of Friendship

CHAPTER XIX.
Critical Notes
1 The Better Part
2, 3 Ignorance Leading to Sin
4 Suggestive Comment.
5, 9 The End of a False Tongue
6, 7 Two Proofs of Human Selfishness
8, 9 See Homiletics on verses 2 and 5,
and on chaps. viii. 36, and ix. 12
10 Incongruities
11, 12 Two Kings
13, 14, 18 Domestic Sorrow, and How to Avoid it
15 See Homiletics on chap. vi. 9, 10
16 A Double Keeping
17 The Best Investment
18-20 Relative Duties
21 Many Plans Working to One End
22 Poverty of Heart and Poverty of Circumstance
23 See Homiletics on chaps. x. 27, xiv. 26, xviii. 10
24 See Homiletics on chap. xxvi. 12-16
25, 29 See Homiletics on chap. xvii. 10
26-29 Possibilities of Human Depravity