Tag: proverbs
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Against Your Neighbor
28Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips. 29Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done.”–Proverbs 24 Three basic statements here. 1. You live alongside your neighbor. Your family has…
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Truth Buyers
23Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.–Proverbs 23 This is a hard one for me. It speaks to perspective and goals. It displays how you view yourself and others. TRUTH BUYERS: Learn for the sake of growth. Seek the things they need in order to grow and change. Freely submit…
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3 Sovereign Choices
33The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.–Proverbs 16 My thoughts: They cast a lot, or a type of dice, back in the day to secure answers to questions. I grew up hearing things like, “Heads, we do this. Tails, we do that.” Same principle. But this verse…
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Ponder a Response
28The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.–Proverbs 15 I played a season on my college’s improv team. I was encouraged by friends who were current team players to try out, and I had just enough Chris Farley-esque physical comedy skills to make an…
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Address the Thoughts
5The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.–Proverbs 12 One of the running subplots of the book of Proverb is who you identify with. You are either acting like the wise person or the fool. You are either listening to Lady Wisdom or Madam Folly. Here, you are either…
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What Destiny Reveals
19Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live, but he who pursues evil will die.–Proverbs 11 This proverb hit me in an end-times fashion this morning. No doubt Solomon was speaking of more temporal matters and situations. But it also works if you take a step back and ponder the scope of your life and your…
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Consider Your Words
32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.–Proverbs 10 I had many international friends in college. I marveled at their cultures and languages. Being immature, I learned from some of my guy friends how to say some bad words in a couple of those languages.…
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How You Are
8Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you. 9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.–Proverbs 9 People come to me for counsel throughout my week. I have been in pastoral ministry…
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Neglect
33Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.—Proverbs 8 I bet you are really good at noticing when others neglect things. But what do you neglect? Which areas of your life do you purposely not use wisdom? The first step is recognizing. The second step is correcting. Neglect is the opposite of wise…
Joel M Bradshaw 