29. Who has woe? Who has sorrow?Who has strife? Who has complaining?Who has wounds without cause?Who has redness of eyes?30. Those who tarry long over wine;those who go to try mixed wine.31. Do not look at wine when it is red,when it sparkles in the cupand goes down smoothly.32. In the end it bites likeContinue reading “Proverbs 23: 29-35… Not an alcoholic advert!”
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Proverbs 23: 22-28…Pleading for listening ears..
22. Listen to your father who gave you life,and do not despise your mother when she is old.23. Buy truth, and do not sell it;buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.24. The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.25. Let your father and mother be glad;let herContinue reading “Proverbs 23: 22-28…Pleading for listening ears..”
Proverbs 23: 1-12….sarcasm is used aplenty.
1. When you sit down to eat with a ruler,observe carefully what is before you,2. and put a knife to your throatif you are given to appetite.3. Do not desire his delicacies,for they are deceptive food.4. Do not toil to acquire wealth;be discerning enough to desist.5. When your eyes light on it, it is gone,forContinue reading “Proverbs 23: 1-12….sarcasm is used aplenty.”
Proverbs 22: 1-16…Special stuff!
1. A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,and favour is better than silver or gold.2. The rich and the poor meet together;the LORD is the Maker of them all.3. The prudent sees danger and hides himself,but the simple go on and suffer for it.4. The reward for humility and fear ofContinue reading “Proverbs 22: 1-16…Special stuff!”
Proverbs 21: 20-31…Let your imagination run riot!
20. Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man’s dwelling,but a foolish man devours it.21. Whoever pursues righteousness and kindnesswill find life, righteousness, and honour.22. A wise man scales the city of the mightyand brings down the stronghold in which they trust.23. Whoever keeps his mouth and his tonguekeeps himself out of trouble.24 “Scoffer”Continue reading “Proverbs 21: 20-31…Let your imagination run riot!”
Proverbs 21: 5-19… An Overview
5. The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.6. The getting of treasures by a lying tongueis a fleeting vapour and a snare of death.7. The violence of the wicked will sweep them away,because they refuse to do what is just.8. The way of the guiltyContinue reading “Proverbs 21: 5-19… An Overview”
Proverbs 21: 1-4….Solomon packs some punches
1. The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD;he turns it wherever he will.2. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,but the LORD weighs the heart.3. To do righteousness and justiceis more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.4. Haughty eyes and a proud heart,the lampContinue reading “Proverbs 21: 1-4….Solomon packs some punches”
Luke 14: 12-24 The Great Feast…
He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbours, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, theContinue reading “Luke 14: 12-24 The Great Feast…”
Luke 14:7-11… Invited to a feast
Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honour, saying to them, “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honour, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, and he whoContinue reading “Luke 14:7-11… Invited to a feast”
Luke 13: 31- 14:6….Emotions to the fore!
At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” And he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course. Nevertheless, I must go onContinue reading “Luke 13: 31- 14:6….Emotions to the fore!”
As I read it! 