A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger, with perverted heart devises evil,continually sowing discord; therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.There are six things that the LORD hates, seven thatContinue reading “Proverbs 6: 12-19….Man’s side then God’s side of what is evil!”
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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: 1-9….What do you want for your children?
Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching.When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, he taught me and said to me,“Let your heart hold fast my words;keep myContinue reading “Proverbs 4: 1-9….What do you want for your children?”
Exodus 22: 7-15….It all makes sense
“If a man gives to his neighbor money or goods to keep safe, and it is stolen from the man’s house, then, if the thief is found, he shall pay double. If the thief is not found, the owner of the house shall come near to God to show whether or not he has putContinue reading “Exodus 22: 7-15….It all makes sense”
Exodus 21: 33-22: 6….Fairness in punishment emphasized.
“When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, the owner of the pit shall make restoration. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast shall be his.“When one man’s ox butts another’s, soContinue reading “Exodus 21: 33-22: 6….Fairness in punishment emphasized.”
Exodus 21: 7-17….Dealing with some tricky situations!
“When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do. If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has brokenContinue reading “Exodus 21: 7-17….Dealing with some tricky situations!”
Exodus 21: 18-32….Restitution for Injury.
“When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but takes to his bed, then if the man rises again and walks outdoors with his staff, he who struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time,Continue reading “Exodus 21: 18-32….Restitution for Injury.”
Proverbs 3: 25-35….’Do not’ is such a positive command!
Do not be afraid of sudden terror or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes,for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.Do not say to your neighbor,Continue reading “Proverbs 3: 25-35….’Do not’ is such a positive command!”
As I read it! 