---
title: 'The Danger of Adversity'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'John Witherspoon'
date: 1791-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '18th century'
topics:
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
- 'Christian Life'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 30'
- 'Proverbs 6'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/18th-century/witherspoon-1791-the-danger-of-adversity
---

# The Danger of Adversity

A sermon arguing that poverty often tempts people to fraud and dishonesty. It exhorts integrity, diligence, gratitude, reliance on God’s aid, and avoidance of sinful circumstances.

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