Posts with the tag “marriage”

Proverbs 14:1 "Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands." Growing up in a polygamous home and leading his own excessively-polygamous lifestyle, Solomon was ...  Read More

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 13:20 "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 13:19 "The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil." The first half of this proverb is the motto of Marthas all around the world.  Doers l...  Read More

Proverbs 13:18 "Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured." On the road of life, everyone eventually comes to intersections where cha...  Read More

Proverbs 13:17 "A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health." What Solomon speaks of in this proverb is easily lost in the present day and age because of the evolutio...  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 13:12 "Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life." The human body needs a healthy heart to be healthy and to live a full life.  For that simple and...  Read More

Proverbs 13:10 "Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom." For the aspiring counselor or peacemaker, this proverb is a must!  This proverb exposes the deepest problem in an...  Read More

Proverbs 13:7 "There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches." At first glance, this proverb is all about money.  On the surface, it wou...  Read More

Proverbs 13:6 "Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner." Do you ever feel overwhelmed by spiritual expectation or holy ambition?  Do you ever feel ...  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 13:4 "The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat." Where there is a heartbeat and a brain wave, there is a desire for something.  Even...  Read More

Proverbs 13:2-3 "A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips sha...  Read More

Proverbs 12:16 "A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame." The Bible is full of a particular word that our Western culture hasn’t broadly implemented until recently.  This p...  Read More

Proverbs 12:15 "The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise." There are many differences between a foolish soul and a wise soul from how they behave to what...  Read More

Proverbs 12:14 "A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him." The average person spends most of their life PURSUING SAT...  Read More

Proverbs 12:13 "The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble." The tongue is a problem for everyone because as James puts it, it is an unruly evil that...  Read More

Proverbs 12:8 "A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised." Whether a person admits it or not, everyone wants to be commended.  As soon as a...  Read More

Proverbs 12:4 "A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones." While the past few chapters have been full of proverbs appealing to a general aud...  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 11:30 "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise." As is the case for the previous proverb and as is the case in many proverbs, the latter part of this p...  Read More

Proverbs 11:23 "The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath." Sometimes, Solomon’s proverbs come across as mere observations with little insight or elaboration...  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 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 10:31-32 "The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh froward...  Read More

Proverbs 10:26 "As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him." If you like campfires, this proverb is unforgettable!  I think of it almost every time I e...  Read More

Proverbs 10:8 "The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall." Solomon used a Hebrew word in this verse that the translators for the King James Version rendered “prating.”...  Read More

Proverbs 10:1 "The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother." The next fifteen chapters are further sayings of Solomon, but different in s...  Read More

Proverbs 8:14-16 "Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength. By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the eart...  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 7:4-5 "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 6:1-5 "My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. Do th...  Read More

Proverbs 5:15-21 "Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. Let them be only thine ow...  Read More

Proverbs 5:1-4 "My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. For the lips of a strange woman drop as ...  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 3:27-28 "Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.  Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou h...  Read More

Proverbs 3:18 "She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her." Throughout this chapter and throughout the entire book of Proverbs, Solomon gave his so...  Read More

Proverbs 3:17 “Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.” Solomon didn’t know a little about a lot – he knew a lot about a lot.  His wisdom wasn’t confined to theology.  His wisd...  Read More

Proverbs 3:16 “Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.” In this passage, like many passages in the Book of Proverbs, Solomon builds a strong case for wisdom.  Play...  Read More