Posts with the tag “childhood”

Proverbs 13:24 "He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes." As is the case with its preceding proverbs, this one offers very specific subject matter that sh...  Read More

Proverbs 13:15 "Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard." The book of Proverbs is a unique book in Scripture where context is rarely relevant. While there are passages l...  Read More

Proverbs 4:20-22 "My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them...  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 4:1-4 "Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. For I was my father's son, tender and only belove...  Read More

Proverbs 3:1 "My son, forget not my law; but LET thine heart keep my commandments."In each of the first seven chapters of his book of proverbs, Solomon directly addressed his son and urged him specifi...  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 1:16 "For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood."Here in chapter one, Solomon spends as much as time as he does trying to persuade his son to choose his friends carefully becau...  Read More

Proverbs 1:15 "My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:"This is the third time in eight verses; the third time in the first chapter of his book where Solomon addre...  Read More

Proverbs 1:8-9 "My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck."For the first time i...  Read More

Proverbs 1:8 "My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:"Verse 1 identifies the author of this Book of Wisdom and verse 8 identifies the primary recipient of th...  Read More