Proverbs 2:10 "When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul..."The first half of this chapter details the process involved with getting wisdom while the second half o...  Read More

Proverbs 2:8-9 "He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path."This passage offers bo...  Read More

Proverbs 2:7 "He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly."If Rehoboam did those things that his father suggested in the first four verses of chapter two, ...  Read More

Proverbs 2:5-6 "Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding."Based on both inspirati...  Read More

Proverbs 2:3-4 "Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;  If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;"There is a clear progressio...  Read More

Proverbs 2:2 "So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;"Solomon wasn’t ignorant of his gift.  He remembered vividly the encounter he had with God as a young k...  Read More

Proverbs 2:1 "My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;"Solomon begins his second chapter of proverbs with a big “IF.”  In the first four verses of this chapter, six d...  Read More

Proverbs 2:1 "My son, IF thou wilt receive my words..."In Solomon’s first chapter of proverbs, he prepared his son for the potential of pernicious peer pressure.  His counsel started with the words, “...  Read More

Proverbs 1:33 "But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil."The final verse of Solomon’s first chapter of proverbs concludes a fourteen-verse literary masterp...  Read More

Proverbs 1:32 "For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them."As she nears the end of her speech, Wisdom does not shy away from that which has puzz...  Read More

Proverbs 1:31 "Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices."In his letter to the Galatian believers, Paul said, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: fo...  Read More

Prov. 1:28-30 "Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: They w...  Read More