Posts with the tag “righteousness”

Proverbs 14:19 "The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous." Sometimes, Scripture can appear so basic and simple that it can come across perplexing to the spiritually-a...  Read More

Proverbs 13:9 "The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out." What bold imagery for the reader!  In this proverb, Solomon assigns a particular level of light to a ...  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 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 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 11:5-6 "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 11:4 "Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death." The Psalmist wrote, “The entrance of thy words giveth light” (Psalm 119:130).  Scripture plays the role ...  Read More

Proverbs 10:28 "The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish." On the surface, Solomon’s proverbs seem to be comforting promises that ensure a life of ha...  Read More

Proverbs 10:2-3 "Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the...  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 2:8-9 "He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path."This passage offers bo...  Read More