Category: Proverbs
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Proverbs 20:22 Do not say, “I will repay evil”; Wait for the Lord, and He will save you. When we’ve been wronged, our natural tendency is to “wrong back”, i.e., to hurt the one who has hurt us. But when our hurt turns into anger, anger can easily morph into bitterness. When this happens, we…
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Proverbs 20:7 A righteous person who walks in his integrity — How blessed are his sons after him. (NASB) I like the way the Amplified Bible reads. The verse is spelled out more clearly. The righteous man who walks in integrity and lives life in accord with his [godly] beliefs—How blessed [happy and spiritually secure]…
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Proverbs 20:5 The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out. Sometimes what we see on the surface is not representative of the “true” situation – the real motive or driving force. It takes wisdom and insight from God to “see through” to the root.…
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Proverbs 19:2 Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge, And he who hurries with his feet [acting impulsively and proceeding without caution or analyzing the consequences] sins (misses the mark). (Amplified Bible) How often are we guilty of “missing the mark” by acting impulsively. There are many applications of this…
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Proverb 13:20 He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. I like the Amplified Bible version of this scripture also: He who walks [as a companion] with wise men will be wise, But the companions of [conceited, dull-witted] fools [are fools themselves and] will experience harm. This Proverb,…
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Proverbs 19:19 A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty; rescue them, and you will have to do it again. We all have a soft spot when it comes to certain people. We tend to “rescue” them, i.e., to look away, excuse, minimize or explain away things they do or say as a result of their…
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Proverbs 21:23 Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble. This is short, to the point and obvious, but how often we fail to follow it. Everyday you can find a headline where some politician or leader says something that he or she later regrets. Everyday there’s a husband who says…
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Proverbs 19:11 A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense. I recently had a situation where I felt like I was wronged by someone. My initial feelings were to immediately “set him straight”; to tell him what I thought. But for some reason I felt impressed to keep…
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Everyday the news headlines highlight the declining state of our world. Uncertainty, discontent and chaos seem to rule the day in every area of life…our homes, communities, government and even the entire world. If ever there was a time when we needed to understand life and find a means to navigate through it wisely, it…
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Proverbs 14:4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox. (ESV) In Biblical times, the oxen represented the means by which an agrarian family made its living. It was crucial to its survival. The oxen tilled the soil, hauled the crops, did all the…
100 Days To A Better Life Through Proverbs 