Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice?On the heights beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand;beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:“To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man.O simple ones, learnContinue reading “Proverbs 8: 1-11….Fools Beware!”
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Proverbs 7: 21-27….The Trap Snaps Shut!
With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him. All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will costContinue reading “Proverbs 7: 21-27….The Trap Snaps Shut!”
Prov 7: 6-20….The Trap is Set!
For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice, and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense, passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house in the twilight, in the evening, at the time ofContinue reading “Prov 7: 6-20….The Trap is Set!”
Proverbs 6:30-7:5 The hungry steals, what punishment is suitable?
People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,but if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house.He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself.He will get wounds and dishonor, and his disgrace will notContinue reading “Proverbs 6:30-7:5 The hungry steals, what punishment is suitable?”
Proverbs 6: 20-29….Marital Faithfulness.
My son, keep your father’s commandment,and forsake not your mother’s teaching.Bind them on your heart always;tie them around your neck.When you walk, they will lead you;when you lie down, they will watch over you;and when you awake, they will talk with you.For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,and the reproofs ofContinue reading “Proverbs 6: 20-29….Marital Faithfulness.”
Exodus 23: 18-33….Marching Orders!
“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, or let the fat of my feast remain until the morning. “The best of the first-fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. Comment: leaven in many instances in the scriptures is used as an exampleContinue reading “Exodus 23: 18-33….Marching Orders!”
Proverbs 6: 1-11….Foolishness and Laziness.
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger, if you are snared in the words of your mouth,caught in the words of your mouth, then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: go, hasten, andContinue reading “Proverbs 6: 1-11….Foolishness and Laziness.”
Proverbs 5: 16-23….Talk not liked by prudes!
Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets? Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. Let your fountain be blessed,and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. LetContinue reading “Proverbs 5: 16-23….Talk not liked by prudes!”
Proverbs 5: 1-14….The modern sexual revolution!
My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.Her feet go down toContinue reading “Proverbs 5: 1-14….The modern sexual revolution!”
Proverbs 4: 20-27….Seven ways to success!
My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.Put away from you crookedContinue reading “Proverbs 4: 20-27….Seven ways to success!”
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