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This is a set of proverbs worth a good few pages of comment! 26 In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence,and his children will have a refuge.27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,that one may turn away from the snares of death. – I read that much braveryContinue reading “Proverbs 14: 26-35….Godly Advice!”

14 The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways,and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways. – You will reap what you sow!15 The simple believes everything,but the prudent gives thought to his steps. – Here ‘simple’ isn’t an intellectual thing but is the antithesisContinue reading “Proverbs 14: 14-25….Be honest in your assessing; take these into consideration.”

1 The wisest of women builds her house,but folly with her own hands tears it down. – Although years ago I used as a GP to visit houses in a certain ethnic group where the floor boards of a government provided house would have been torn up to light the stove or heater. I don’tContinue reading “Proverbs 14: 1-13….Good Advice to be taken Onboard!”

22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snoutis a beautiful woman without discretion. – the ring is wasted in the case of the pig, the beauty is wasted in the case of the woman!!23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good,the expectation of the wicked in wrath. – we all desire goodContinue reading “Proverbs 11: 22-31….Concerning many things.”