Hezekiah's Kingly Collection - Chapters 25-29

Dennis Tuuri

Outline: Proverbs 25-29 Hezekiah’s Kingly Collection Sermon Outline for March 14, 2004 by Pastor Dennis R. Tuuri Introduction: The Proverbs and Meditation The Formal Introduction 1A (King/Son to Prince) Day One: Light; Transcendent Wisdom; Feast One : Sabbath The “My Son” Intro 1b-9 (Wisdom and Folly; Rejoicing Life or Sorrowing Death) Day Two: Division, Firmament; Two Ways, Two Women, Two Kinds of Friends, Two Tongues, Two Approaches to Attaining Wealth and Enjoying Its Blessings; Feast Two: Passover, Under the Blood or Not The Proverbs of Solomon, First Collection 10-22A (Familial Wisdom) Day Three: Sacramental Vegetation; First Collection, Begins with “Son,” Relatively Simple Proverbs; Feast Three: Firstfruits The Words of the Wise 22B-24 Day Four: Sun, Moon, Stars (Heavenly Rulers) Core of Instruction to Make a King from a Prince; On Lips, 3 Sets of Ten The First Four Commandments Diligence and Vocation; From A Son to a Householder – Family Victory through the Strength of Wisdom – Civil Rule; Dilignece! Feast Four: Pentecost (Giving of Law at Sinai) Proverbs of Solomon, Second (Hezekiah’s) Collection 25-29 (Kingly Wisdom) Day Five – Things That Multiply and Swarm First Command Proverbs “Teem;” maturation from first collection, starts with King Feast Five: Trumpets (Host or Swarm is Brought Together By God’s word) 1. The King Does Not Seek His Own Glory – Chapter 25:2-27 Bookends: vv. 2, 27; 1, 28 2. The Kling Understands Fallen Humanity – Chapter 26 A. The Fools – vv. 1-12 B. The Sluggards – vv. 13-16 C. The Loose-tongued – vv. 17-22 D. The Hateful – v. 23-28 3. The King Understands the Importance of Context and Knows the State of His Flocks – Chapter 27 Summary of Chapters 25-27: 27:23-27 4. The King Loves Justice, Cares for the Poor and Trusts in the Lord – Chapter 28 Note Return to Contrasts (Antithetic Parallelisms) 5. The King Loves Justice, Cares for the Poor and Trusts in the Lord – Chapter 29 Note Return to Embracing the Right Woman d and Joyous