1. Do not boast about tomorrow,for you do not know what a day may bring.2. Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;a stranger, and not your own lips.3. A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.4.Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,but who can stand before jealousy?5.Continue reading “Proverbs 27: 1-6….Thinking about one’s self”
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Proverbs 27: 7-14….Living in your community
7. One who is full loathes honey,but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.8. Like a bird that strays from its nestis a man who strays from his home.9. Oil and perfume make the heart glad,and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.10. Do not forsake your friend and yourContinue reading “Proverbs 27: 7-14….Living in your community”
Proverbs 26: 17-28…. Lying. Gossiping, Cover ups!
17. Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his ownis like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.18. Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death19. is the man who deceives his neighbourand says, “I am only joking!”20. For lack of wood the fire goes out,and where there is no whisperer, quarrelling ceases.21.Continue reading “Proverbs 26: 17-28…. Lying. Gossiping, Cover ups!”
Proverbs 26: 13-16 …..Laziness
13. The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!There is a lion in the streets!”14. As a door turns on its hinges,so does a sluggard on his bed.15. The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.16. The sluggard is wiser in his ownContinue reading “Proverbs 26: 13-16 …..Laziness”
Proverbs 26: 1-12…. Emphasis on fools.
1. Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,so honour is not fitting for a fool.2. Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,a curse that is causeless does not alight.3. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,and a rod for the back of fools.4. Answer not aContinue reading “Proverbs 26: 1-12…. Emphasis on fools.”
Proverbs 25: 15-28…Some sayings which ‘punch’.
15. With patience a ruler may be persuaded,and a soft tongue will break a bone.16. If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.17. Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house,lest he have his fill of you and hate you.18. A manContinue reading “Proverbs 25: 15-28…Some sayings which ‘punch’.”
Proverbs 25: 1-14… Repeated wisdom…
These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied.It is the glory of God to conceal things,but the glory of kings is to search things out.As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth,so the heart of kings is unsearchable.Take away the dross from the silver,and the smithContinue reading “Proverbs 25: 1-14… Repeated wisdom…”
Proverbs 24: 23-34… Sayings of the Wise.
23. These also are sayings of the wise.Partiality in judging is not good.24. Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,”will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,25. but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight,and a good blessing will come upon them.26. Whoever gives an honest answerkisses the lips.27. Prepare yourContinue reading “Proverbs 24: 23-34… Sayings of the Wise.”
Proverbs 24: 13-22.. Pretty straight forward!
Comments are below each section ….. 13. My son, eat honey, for it is good,and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.14. Know that wisdom is such to your soul;if you find it, there will be a future,and your hope will not be cut off. You like honey – enjoy it! WhenContinue reading “Proverbs 24: 13-22.. Pretty straight forward!”
Luke 16: 19-31… Two men die, where do they go?
“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.Continue reading “Luke 16: 19-31… Two men die, where do they go?”
As I read it! 