Category: Proverbs
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Proverb 21:3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. In the movie American Gangster, Frank Lucas, a driver for a Harlem drug lord, rises to the top the heroine world after his mentor, Bumpy Johnson, dies of a heart attack. To build the “business”, Frank starts to import his…
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Proverbs 21:17 He who loves [only selfish] pleasure will become a poor man;He who loves and is devoted to wine and [olive] oil will not become rich. (AMP) There is a major sports network I watch periodically that broadcasts sporting events and news 24 hours a day. One of things that has become common in American professional sports over the…
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Proverbs 21:2 All a person’s ways seem right to him, but the Lord weighs hearts. One day my wife and I were at a restaurant looking over the menu. She noticed that I was moving my menu closer and then away from me, trying to get everything into focus. She asked me if I needed to get…
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Proverbs 15:28 The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things. One Saturday evening I was watching a professional boxing match. Before the match started, the commentators kept mentioning how they expected this contest to “go the distance”, twelve rounds. The two contenders were evenly matched and about…
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Proverbs 20:3 Honor belongs to the person who ends a dispute, but any fool can get himself into a quarrel. When I was young my grandfather and I used to watch professional wrestling on Saturday nights. On a number of shows, after the “bad guy” would quickly defeat his opponent in the ring, he would taunt…
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Proverbs 16:20 He who pays attention to the word [of God] will find good,And blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is he who trusts [confidently] in the Lord. (AMP) Recently I was watching a football game on television. It was near the end of the game and the two teams called three timeouts consecutively. After each one,…
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Proverbs 19:20 Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future. In order to become a successful jazz musician, there are two skills one must develop. The first is mastery of the instrument. One needs to not only be familiar with how to play notes, such as a “C” or “B-flat”, but…
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Proverbs 25:19 Like a broken tooth or a lame foot is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble. When I was in high school, I played left offensive guard and defensive tackle on our football team. On offense, my job was to block for our running backs and most importantly protect the quarterback. Even if the…
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Proverbs 19:17 Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed. When I began my senior year in high school, I had decided that I wanted to go to college to become an engineer. By that time I had taken all the math my high school had to offer. If calculus…
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