Category: Proverbs
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Proverbs 17:10 A reprimand goes deeper into one who has understanding and a teachable spirit than a hundred lashes into a fool. (AMP) Parents of multiple children can acknowledge that when it comes to correcting their children, typically one child is more inclined to receive and comply with correction than the other. One child you…
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Proverb 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord. Throughout human history, the casting of lots has been used as a means to make selections in a “random” fashion, or as a way to find the will of a deity. The Bible references the casting of lots…
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Proverbs 28:23 He who rebukes a person will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue. (NASB) One of the unwritten “commandments” of our society today seems to be “Thou shalt not offend anyone.” The main principle behind it is reasonable, i.e., do not deliberately offend others out of spite or malice.…
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Proverbs 27:7 He who is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry soul any bitter thing is sweet. (AMP) I usually cook meals on weekends and prepare dishes for us to eat during the week. For some dishes, that actually works well because they seem to taste better after the they’ve been in the refrigerator…
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Proverbs 6:9, Proverbs 20:4 How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing. (ESV) My grandfather was born in Mississippi and was a farmer. Every year in early spring he would begin preparing the ground…
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Proverbs 16:29 A violent and exceedingly covetous man entices his neighbor [to sin], And leads him in a way that is not good. (AMP) A few years ago a manufacturing company bought an old warehouse from another company and remodeled it to make it their main office. The offices and customer areas looked good as new, but in…
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Proverbs 26:4 “Do not answer [nor pretend to agree with the frivolous comments of] a [closed-minded] fool according to his folly, Otherwise you, even you, will be like him.” AMP Years ago I was watching a comedy on television where one of the actors played the role of a stay-at-home mom. She was raising three…
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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…
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