Posts with the tag “parenthood”

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 11:5-6 "The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be...  Read More

Proverbs 6:23-24 "For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:  To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange ...  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 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 4:18-19 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble." As we re...  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 3:27-28 "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 3:1 "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 1:3 "To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;"Here in verse three, Solomon communicates the second purpose for compiling a collection of his proverbs, which wa...  Read More