Posts with the tag “bible”

Proverbs 12:25 "Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad." The human heart is where all the action of the soul takes place.  If the soul could be likened unto a ho...  Read More

Proverbs 11:18-19 "The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own d...  Read More

Proverbs 7:1-3 "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...  Read More

Proverbs 4:8-9 "Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver...  Read More

Proverbs 4:7 "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding." We have arrived at my favorite verse in the book of Proverbs and in all of the Holy Scri...  Read More

Proverbs 4:5-6 "Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee." Solomon bega...  Read More

Proverbs 3:7-8 "Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones."In this third chapter of Proverbs, verses seven and eight ...  Read More

Proverbs 2:20 "That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous."Proverbs is a book of tremendous detail.  Solomon was a man given to detail because he knew that detai...  Read More

Proverbs 2:11-12 "Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;"Sadly, many young people don’t...  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 2:1 "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