From our reading of Proverbs 10 through 12 for today. A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. Riches profit …
Category: Solomon
…The knowledge of the holy is understanding
Our scheduled reading for today is Proverbs 7 through 9. There is definitely a need to return to the wisdom of fearing God. Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: she hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. She hath sent forth her …
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Go to the ant…
We can learn much from watching the creatures of God's creation, and the ant is no exception. Our reading today is Proverbs 4 through 6. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. …
In all your ways…
Bible reading on a daily basis teaches us who God is, and we learn also of His great love, mercy, and grace; and that He is holy, righteous, just, and that He never changes. Today's reading is Proverbs 1 through 3. My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: for length …
Children are an inheritance of the LORD
Children are gifts from God, and the enemy of God does all that he can to destroy that precious life, all those precious lives. Our scheduled reading for today is Psalms 126 through 130. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman …
If My People…
The scheduled reading of Scripture for today is 2 Chronicles 5 through 8. Today has been labeled as the National Day of Prayer, let us hear the word of the LORD. Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house …
Preparing to Build the House of the LORD
Please read 2 Chronicles 2 through 4 for today's reading. And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, "As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. Behold, I build an house to the name of …
The Wisdom of Solomon is no match for the Wisdom of Jesus Christ, our Creator
Jesus, the One by whom all things consist is the wisest of men, and He died for our sins, was buried, and He rose again. For today read 1 Kings 3 - 5. And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea …
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Trouble in the Kingdom
The Bible pulls no punches. Everything is revealed of kings, the family of the king, and his opponents. Be sure to read 2 Samuel 24 through 1 Kings 2 of today's reading. And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. And they told the king, saying, "Behold Nathan …
A Wall or A Door
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar. I …
Lily Among Thorns
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet …
The Conclusion of the Whole Matter…
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. The words of the wise are as goads, and …
Those who fear God…
And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity. Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set …
What Profit…? and the Conclusion
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. "Vanity of vanities,' saith the Preacher, 'vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. The sun …
The Righteous, The Wise
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance. The king by judgment establisheth …
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