Posts with the tag “counsel”

Proverbs 12:5 "The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit." This simple proverb is a great reminder of how important our thoughts are.  When Solomon uses the wo...  Read More

Proverbs 12:1 "Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish." When reading the proverbs, we have to remember that they were written by the wisest man this world has...  Read More

Proverbs 11:14 "Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safety." Considering who Solomon’s primary audience was, this proverb represents critical advice.  So...  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

Proverbs 7:6-7 "For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding..." One of the biggest mis...  Read More

Proverbs 7:4-5 "Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words." I have lo...  Read More

Proverbs 6:20 "My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother." Over and over throughout the Book of Proverbs, Solomon reminds his son to heed parental instruction.  Beca...  Read More

Proverbs 4:10-13 "Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. When thou goest, thy steps s...  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 3:33-35 "The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. The wise shall i...  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 1:24-27 "Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at...  Read More