Posts with the tag “character”

Proverbs 13:23 "Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment." As with the previous proverb about leaving an inheritance for grandchildren and as with m...  Read More

Proverbs 13:22 "A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just." Solomon put a lot of thought into money matters, especially in the ...  Read More

Proverbs 13:20 "He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed." It would be easy to read this proverb and quickly conclude that Solomon is addressing our fri...  Read More

Proverbs 13:5 "A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame." There are some people in life who have a way of saying a lot in just a few words.  These are the peopl...  Read More

Proverbs 12:27 "The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious." If you think about it, it wouldn’t be hard to argue that time is our grea...  Read More

Proverbs 12:17 "He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit." The Bible has a lot to say about the tongue.  In the New Testament, James tells us that it is an unruly...  Read More

Proverbs 12:12 "The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit." Typically, we connect contentment to circumstances.  Solomon chose instead to connect contentmen...  Read More

Proverbs 11:22 "As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion." When God made mankind, He gave him the ability and pleasure to SEE.  Furthermore, when God made ...  Read More

Proverbs 11:13 "A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter." Speech is one of the most common topics of Solomon’s proverbs.  Words relating to speech suc...  Read More

Proverbs 11:3 "The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them." While I’m not a big fan of being restricted to a group and its guide when trave...  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 7:10-12 "And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: Now is she without, now in the stree...  Read More