Posts with the tag “paul”

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 13:13 "Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded." While it is always more important to remember that the Bible was written by men who...  Read More

Proverbs 12:28 "In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death." The Bible contains no shortage of bold statements.  Perhaps there is no better example than in Roman...  Read More

Proverbs 12:24 "The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute." The human spirit has a particular intrigue with being in charge.  This intrigue begins early in life...  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 12:20 "Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellers of peace is joy." As we read the proverbs, we must remember the source from which they flow.  They are not mere...  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 12:10 "A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel." Animals are a massive part of life on Earth.  When God created our world, He created a...  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 12:3 "A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved." People turn to wickedness for all kinds of reasons.  Sometimes, people turn to wickednes...  Read More

Proverbs 11:31 "Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner." In a world of technology and social media, short videos or REELS are frequently used to l...  Read More

Proverbs 11:8 "The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead." Theology has almost always been pestered by our obsession with the idea that our righteousness should exe...  Read More

Proverbs 11:7 "When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth." Expectation and hope are similar and are often tied together. It’s not uncommon to hear som...  Read More

Proverbs 10:22 "The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it." Despite the propaganda of the televangelists, the Bible does not teach that God wants His children to be wea...  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 8:12 "I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions." All throughout chapter eight, Solomon contrasts Wisdom, personified as a safe woman, with the dangerous woman ...  Read More

Proverbs 7:21-27 "With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to th...  Read More

Proverbs 7:7 "And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding." There are a lot things that we can live without.  There are a lot of things we can do ...  Read More

Proverbs 7:1-3 "My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table...  Read More

Proverbs 6:20-22 "My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee...  Read More

Proverbs 6:12-15 "A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; Frowardness is in his heart, he devis...  Read More

Proverbs 6:6-11 "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How l...  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 4:24 "Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee." No one likes to use public restrooms.  We only use them if and when we have to.  From first-world countries to ...  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 4:14-15 "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 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 4:7 "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding." We have arrived at my favorite verse in the book of Proverbs and in all of the Holy Scri...  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 3:5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."Proverbs 3:5-6 should never be separa...  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