15. He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteousare both alike an abomination to the LORD.16. Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdomwhen he has no sense?17. A friend loves at all times,and a brother is born for adversity.18. One who lacks sense gives a pledgeand putsContinue reading “Proverbs 17: 15-28….Who is a fool?”
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Proverbs 24: 1-12….A call to think.
Initial comment: I have been led to understand that in later years someone(s) put the verse numbers in place. Often their placement makes sense but I’m not sure about that in this instance. I will make a comment after what seems to be a more logical division of these 12 verses. 1. Be not enviousContinue reading “Proverbs 24: 1-12….A call to think.”
Proverbs 17: 1-14…..Things to avoid
1. Better is a dry morsel with quietthan a house full of feasting with strife.2. A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefullyand will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.3. The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,and the LORD tests hearts.4. An evildoer listensContinue reading “Proverbs 17: 1-14…..Things to avoid”
Proverbs 16; 18-33
Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD. What does the word ‘word’ refer to here? Sometimes we are left with more than one possible meaning to a piece of what we read in the Bible. Does it mean word in a general sense? AsContinue reading “Proverbs 16; 18-33”
Proverbs 16: 1-17
I’ve marked the couplets about which I have written with an asterisk in the full passage below. If you have time to look at and ponder them all, so much the better All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the spirit. Even when we as humanContinue reading “Proverbs 16: 1-17”
Proverbs 15: 15-33
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fattened ox and hatred with it. There are so many people dying daily around the word from starvation that even a meal of herbs would sound tempting. Anything to drive away the pangs of hunger. But that, although worth thinking about, isn’t the pointContinue reading “Proverbs 15: 15-33”
Proverbs 15: 1-14 …. A selection
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good. Watching a detective story on TV, I am amazed at how much can be learned by them replaying the camera records taken along the way their suspects have travelled. We don’t like the thought of people spying onContinue reading “Proverbs 15: 1-14 …. A selection”
Proverbs 14: 13-35 A selection
Because the remainder of the book of proverbs, until chapter 30, is endless couplets, worth reading and thinking about, but too many for me to consider here, one by one, I am going to pick out several of them from each chapter and make comments. This of course does not mean that the others areContinue reading “Proverbs 14: 13-35 A selection”
Proverbs 14: 1-12…. A call to think.
The wisest of women builds her house,but folly with her own hands tears it down.2. Whoever walks in uprightness fears the LORD,but he who is devious in his ways despises him.3. By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back,but the lips of the wise will preserve them.4. Where there are noContinue reading “Proverbs 14: 1-12…. A call to think.”
Luke 12: 1-12….What to learn from the lessons given to the Pharisees.
In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Therefore whateverContinue reading “Luke 12: 1-12….What to learn from the lessons given to the Pharisees.”
As I read it! 