Proverbs 2: 9-15 Then you will understand righteousness and justiceand equity, every good path;for wisdom will come into your heart,and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;discretion will watch over you,understanding will guard you,delivering you from the way of evil,from men of perverted speech,who forsake the paths of uprightnessto walk in the ways of darkness,whoContinue reading “Proverbs 2:9-15”
Author Archives: Barry Hicks
Proverbs 2 16-22
Proverbs 2 16-22 ESV So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman,from the adulteress with her smooth words,who forsakes the companion of her youthand forgets the covenant of her God;for her house sinks down to death,and her paths to the departed;none who go to her come back,nor do they regain the paths of life.Continue reading “Proverbs 2 16-22”
Proverbs 2: 1-8
Proverbs 1: 28-33 My son, if you receive my wordsand treasure up my commandments with you,making your ear attentive to wisdomand inclining your heart to understanding;yes, if you call out for insightand raise your voice for understanding,if you seek it like silverand search for it as for hidden treasures,then you will understand the fear ofContinue reading “Proverbs 2: 1-8”
Proverbs 1: 28-33
Proverbs 1: 28-33 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;they will seek me diligently but will not find me.Because they hated knowledgeand did not choose the fear of the LORD,would have none of my counseland despised all my reproof,therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way,and have their fill ofContinue reading “Proverbs 1: 28-33”
Proverbs 1: 20-27
Proverbs 1: 20-27 (ESV) (The Call of Wisdom) Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice; at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks: “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delightContinue reading “Proverbs 1: 20-27”
Proverbs 1: 8-19
Proverbs 1: 8-19. (Section Entitled ‘The enticement of Sinners’)Hear, my son, your father’s instruction,and forsake not your mother’s teaching,for they are a graceful garland for your headand pendants for your neck. My son, if sinners entice you,do not consent.If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;let us ambush the innocentContinue reading “Proverbs 1: 8-19”
Proverbs 1 : 1-7
(This is meant to be a daily quick look at a relatively short segment of the book of Proverbs. I have not looked up commentaries or reference books. I’m writing what it meant to me as an ordinary person, not theologically trained, but believing that the Bible is God inspired. Solomon lived a year orContinue reading “Proverbs 1 : 1-7”
As-i-read-it…..John 1: 1-13
John 1: 1-13 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light ofContinue reading “As-i-read-it…..John 1: 1-13”
As-I-read-it….. Luke 2: 36-40
Luke 2: 36-40 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fastingContinue reading “As-I-read-it….. Luke 2: 36-40”
As-I-read-it….Luke 2: 22-35
Luke 2: 22-35 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) and toContinue reading “As-I-read-it….Luke 2: 22-35”