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Category: Proverbs

  • It’s Time To Rise

    Proverbs 24:16 for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity. One of the first applications of this Proverb that comes to mind is in the area of diligence – the constant or persistent effort to accomplish a goal or task. But as I thought about the verse, the…

  • Don’t Miss The Bus

    Ecclesiastes 11:4 One who watches the wind will not sow, and the one who looks at the clouds will not reap. Recently a large multi-national company arranged a tour for a group of high school seniors to take a tour of their facility. For the students, this was a chance of a lifetime. Not only were…

  • Emotional Attachments

    Proverbs 5:3 – 5 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her words are smoother than oil,in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood and as sharp as a double-edged sword.Her feet go down to death; her steps head straight for Sheol. My teenage granddaughter has picked up some habits while she’s…

  • It’s Time To Saddle Up

    Proverbs 24:10 If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. When I was about seven years old, I remember going to a day camp. It was out in the country and seemed like it took us all day to get there. When we drove up to the camp, the counselors told us…

  • Hey, This Isn’t Catfish!

    Proverbs 23:6-8 Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies,for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you. You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words. My father grew up in…

  • Noise Cancellation

    Proverbs 4:10-11, 14-15 Listen, my son. Accept my words, and you will live many years. I am teaching you the way of wisdom; I am guiding you on straight paths. Keep off the path of the wicked; don’t proceed on the way of evil ones. Avoid it; don’t travel on it. Turn away from it,…

  • When Doing The Obvious Is Obviously Wrong

    Proverbs 3:5 – 6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding;in all your ways know him, and he will make your paths straight. One of the clearest examples of “leaning to your own understanding” is found in the book of Joshua. In Joshua 3, the nation of Israel…

  • Avoid Emotional Trenches

    Proverbs 17:14 To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out. Back in World War 1 (WW 1), armies used to dig trenches to take cover and defend their position.  Although effective in that respect, soldiers suffered many other adverse effects of being in the trenches: disease from…

  • Dude, Didn’t You See That Coming?

    Proverbs 22:3 ”The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.“ One afternoon I was watching an NFL football game. The game was tied with less than two minutes to go. The home team was driving down the field getting in position to win the game with a…

  • Solomon: A Tragic Irony

    Proverbs 13:20 Walk with the wise and be wise, but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm In literature a tragic irony is a story where a character’s own words or actions bring about a tragic ending that the reader sees, but the character does not. One of the greatest tragic ironies…