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Proverbs 16:28

Proverbs 16:28

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Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Proverbs 16:28, which warns against the 'perverse man' who 'scatters abroad strife' and the 'whisperer' who 'separates chief friends.' He highlights how children quickly learn the 'devilish art of being whisperers,' driven by jealousy to sow seeds of doubt and alienation between others. Martin urges parents to recognize and rebuke this sin in their children, and even better, to proactively prepare and immunize them against becoming instruments of the devil in separating friends.

Primary Texts

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Proverbs 16:28 This is the sole passage expounded, serving as the foundation for the sermon's warning against whispering and its destructive effects.

Outline 3 sections · 1 min

  1. The Destructive Nature of Whispering 0:00
  2. The Motivation and Method of a Whisperer 0:30
  3. Parental Responsibility: Rebuke and Immunize Against Whispering 0:52

Key Quotes

“a perverse man scatters a broad strife, and a whisperer separates chief friends.”
“Oh, how quickly do our children learn not only the unholy, devilish art of lying, but they learn the unholy, devilish art of being whisperers.”
“They whisper so little seeds of doubt to bring alienation between those parties.”
“Better yet, you should seek to prepare them and immunize them by bringing such attacks to bear upon their consciences that they are not to indulge in this horrible sin of being instruments in the hands of the devil to separate chief friends.”

Applications

All listeners

  • If you were only close enough to know what they're doing, you'd know they do that. And when you pick up on it, you must rebuke it.
  • Better yet, you should seek to prepare them and immunize them by bringing such attacks to bear upon their consciences that they are not to indulge in this horrible sin of being instruments in the hands of the devil to separate chief friends.

A full transcript is available on the tab. 3 paragraphs, roughly 1 minutes.

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