Proverbs 10:24-25 "The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlas...  Read More

Proverbs 10:23 "It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom." The Bible uses the word, “sport” or a variation of it in a number of passages.  It isn’t used exactly ...  Read More

Proverbs 10:22 "The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it." Despite the propaganda of the televangelists, the Bible does not teach that God wants His children to be wea...  Read More

Proverbs 10:21 "The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom." This verse wraps up a string of four consecutive proverbs that connects a person’s mouth to their morality.  Cle...  Read More

Proverbs 10:20 "The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth." Having just shared his observation on the relationship between words and sin, Solomon is making su...  Read More

Proverbs 10:19 "In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise." For the past 22 months, our world has been trying to figure out how to stop a deadly virus – ...  Read More

Proverbs 10:18 "He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool." Everyone sins.  Sin doesn’t define a fool nor does it define a wise man.  Solomon clearly knew this f...  Read More

Proverbs 10:17 "He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth." In today’s culture, when we want to express our view that someone is trending towards success, ...  Read More

Proverbs 10:16 "The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin." The proverbs are often written as an Observation in order to provide some Information that will ultimately...  Read More

Proverbs 10:15 "The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty." Not all of Solomon’s proverbs are instructional but they are all informative.  Not all of Solom...  Read More

Proverbs 10:14 "Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction." This proverb could be paraphrased by the idiom, “loose lips sink ships.” This proverb is not about obtaini...  Read More

Proverbs 10:13 "In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding." Right around 1600, William Shakespeare wrote his longest pl...  Read More