"Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones. Honor the LORD with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase; So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with …
Category: Proverbs
The Wicked and The Righteous
"The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion." Proverbs 28:1 (KJV) The one who is guilty of a crime is constantly looking over their shoulders to check, and see if anyone is pursuing them. That is the wicked. Wickedness goes further, though, than just a guilty conscience. The …
The Hater’s Tongue
"A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin." Proverbs 26:28 (KJV) There is much said about "Hate speech" in today's culture here in the United States of America. "Hate speech" seems to be a code term used to try and convince people that if you do not …
The Worth of Truth
"Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding." Proverbs 23:23 (KJV) How much value do you place on Truth? There is one thing about Truth that cannot be said much of anything else. Truth is truth no matter what part of the world you are in, or what your culture …
Wine, Fear, Honor, and Work
Today's Reading: Proverbs 19 - 21 "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: …
Iniquity is Purged
Today's Reading: Proverbs 16 - 18 "By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. A man’s …
The Ways of Death
Today's Reading: Proverbs 13 - 15 "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man …
Worth of Wickedness
Today's Reading: Proverbs 10 - 12 "He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little …
Wisdom’s Commandments
Today's Reading: Proverbs 7 - 9 "My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding …
Remove Your Foot from Evil
For today and through Friday I will just be sharing some passages without commentary on them. Today's Reading: Proverbs 4 - 6 "My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those …
Envy, The Oppressor, and Righteousness
"Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but His secret is with the righteous." Proverbs 3:31-32 (KJV) To regret living a life of good, and righteousness, due to the ill gotten, illegally gotten wealth of the "oppressor", the "froward" or perverse individual is …
When Godly Wisdom is Rejected
"But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil." Proverbs 1:33 (KJV) From verse 20 or Proverbs 1 through verse 33 Wisdom is personified, and is speaking to the reader. We can learn much by listening to the words of Wisdom. When God's wisdom is rejected, knowledge is …
Seven Abominations 7
SOWING SEEDS… Proverbs 6:16-19 *Let’s have a wordstudy - Discord = from Strongs – #4066 v. 14 or v. 19 4090 = discord and strife; Soweth = from Strongs – 7971 = send forth, sow; Among = from Strongs – 996 = בּין bêyn bane (Sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly the constructively …
Seven Abominations 6
A Witness Proverbs 6:16-19 One false witness takes a truth and twists it to convict Jesus (Matthew 26:59-61). What makes the statement “False”? It is the accusation against One who has done no wrong. It is the attitude of the heart. It just was not true. “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor” …
Verse for Thought 210204-11
"I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born …
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