Category: Proverbs

Proverbs 17:3 As tried in a furnace silver and gold; so choice hearts by the Lord. (ABP) When I was in college we would occasionally be given quizzes to test our knowledge over material we recently covered in class. But the bigger and more important test came at the end of the semester when we…

Proverbs 17:27 “Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.” Proverbs 15:18 “A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.” The other day I made an appointment at the bank to take care of some business. The banker…

Proverbs 15:22 Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed. Proverbs 29:23 A man’s pride and sense of self-importance will bring him down,But he who has a humble spirit will obtain honor. (AMP) One Christmas morning, a father had given his son a toy model car. The car required some assembly, but the dad thought…

Proverb 3:33 The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous. Almost everyone has thrown a rock into a pond or body of water that created the ripples in the water. The size and speed of the ripples depend on the size of the rock, how fast it hits the…

Proverbs 15:3, 11 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, Watching the evil and the good [in all their endeavors]. Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the abyss, the place of eternal punishment) lie open before the Lord— How much more the hearts and inner motives of the…

Proverb 26:14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does a lazy one on his bed. In a typical house, doors are supported on three hinges. They keep the door securely in place; from leaving its position. We don’t have to worry about it falling off or being located somewhere else in the house. If it’s securely attached,…

Proverbs 15:31 – 32 “The ear that listens to and learns from the life-giving rebuke (reprimand, censure) Will remain among the wise. He who neglects and ignores instruction and discipline despises himself, But he who learns from rebuke acquires understanding [and grows in wisdom].” (AMP) When I was a child, I used to hate getting…

Proverbs 15:5 A [flippant, arrogant] fool rejects his father’s instruction and correction,But he who [is willing to learn and] regards and keeps in mind a reprimand acquires good sense. (AMP) Nearly one third of all Americans suffer from high blood pressure. And one of the most common ways to treat this condition is with a…

Proverbs 1:33 but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster. One of the biggest frustrations we have with our children sometimes is that they don’t listen to us. We give them sound advice, sometimes based on our own experiences, and they end up doing exactly what we told…