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: Wisdom
…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. …
Accusations and Accusers
Our reading for today is Job 33 through 36. This reading is all the words of a young man who was knowledgeable but not as much as he thought. Another accuser and some of the same accusations. By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason …
Everybody Has One
The scheduled Bible reading today is still in the book of Job, chapters 29 through 32. After Job finishes speaking a young man by the name of Elihu speaks his opinion. So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the …
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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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 …
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 …
Whatsoever God Does…
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also He hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out …
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 …
We do not know what a day may bring
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. Wrath is cruel, and anger …
Cease from your own wisdom
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon …
An Honor for a Man
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: but every fool will be meddling. …
The LORD Has Made All Things For Himself
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. The LORD hath made all things for Himself: …
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