Posts with the tag “sinners”

Proverbs 1:18 "And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives."Solomon is almost done with his paternal preaching on problematic peer pressure in verse 18.  In previous v...  Read More

Proverbs 1:17 "Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird."For the first time in his collection of proverbs, Solomon references the animal kingdom.  When God gifted Solomon with wisdom,...  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

Proverbs 1:15 "My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:"This is the third time in eight verses; the third time in the first chapter of his book where Solomon addre...  Read More

Proverbs 1:14 "Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:"Early in the Book of Proverbs, Solomon is offering his young son and other readers the opportunity to learn how to recognize a dange...  Read More

Proverbs 1:13 "We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:"Solomon wrote his proverbs to help people, especially his young son.  In order for his readers to benefit from...  Read More

Proverbs 1:12 "Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:"In trying to help his son pay more attention to father and mother, Solomon highlights the dange...  Read More

Proverbs 1:10-11 "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:"Starting in verse 10, Solo...  Read More

Proverbs 1:10  "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not."Over the course of its thirty-one chapters, the Book of Proverbs will offer wisdom to men and women of all ages.  This book is a wealt...  Read More