Posts with the tag “evil”

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 13:21 "Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed." While short and simple, this proverb is one of Solomon's most insightful ones.  In this wise saying, Solomon reveals...  Read More

Proverbs 12:21 "There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief." The Bible is full of promises that are easily misinterpreted when read with minimal thought.  Thi...  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 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 10:10 "He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall." This proverb is the rare case where vice is not contrasted with virtue but instead with vice.  This proverb...  Read More

Proverbs 9:13 "A foolish woman is clamorous." In this summarizing chapter of the contrast between the evil woman and Wisdom, Solomon adds an attribute to expound on what we already learned in chapter ...  Read More

Proverbs 6:25-26 "Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hu...  Read More

Proverbs 6:16-19 "These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:  A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,  An heart that deviseth wicked imagina...  Read More

Proverbs 4:14-15 "Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away." These next two verses tell us that there’s more to s...  Read More

Proverbs 3:29 "Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee." After spending most of the chapter on the virtues of thought (wisdom, understanding, discretion), Solomon sh...  Read More

Proverbs 2:14-15 "Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:"In the passage, Solomon described the man that he knew ...  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 1:33 "But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil."The final verse of Solomon’s first chapter of proverbs concludes a fourteen-verse literary masterp...  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