Posts with the tag “wise”

Proverbs 14:18 "The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge." Simplicity and prudence are two of Solomon's most passionately used rivals.  He knew that simplicity of mind, as ...  Read More

Proverbs 14:10 "The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy." Solomon's proverbs are unique for many reasons but one of those reasons is that they don't alwa...  Read More

Proverbs 14:8 "The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit." I think it fair to believe that some proverbs are more important than others and in the process, n...  Read More

Proverbs 14:5 "A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies." To understand a proverb as it was intended takes time, prayer and meditation.   Understanding the proverbs sometim...  Read More

Proverbs 13:14 (KJV)  The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. Human nature instinctively hates law.  It wants justice but it loathes law.  This is best proven by...  Read More

Proverbs 12:18 "There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health." It should not surprise anyone that a man gifted with words addressed our words quite freque...  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 10:21 "The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom." This verse wraps up a string of four consecutive proverbs that connects a person’s mouth to their morality.  Cle...  Read More

Proverbs 10:18 "He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool." Everyone sins.  Sin doesn’t define a fool nor does it define a wise man.  Solomon clearly knew this f...  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 10:4-5 "He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that cau...  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 1:32 "For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them."As she nears the end of her speech, Wisdom does not shy away from that which has puzz...  Read More

Prov. 1:22 "How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?"Attempting to gain and keep his young son’s attention, Solomon chos...  Read More