Here the smallest piece of bread demonstrates how the prostitute reduces the life of a man to insignificance, including the loss of his wealth, freedom, family, purity, dignity and even his soul
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Proverbs 6:26 for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
Posted: November 6, 2020 in Proverbs 06, Proverbs 6:26, Seeking Wisdom, Wisdom, Wisdom for the SoulTags: Proverbs 6:26, wisdom, Wisdom for the Soul
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Proverbs 8:32-34 32“Now then, my sons, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways. 33Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not ignore it. 34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway.
Posted: November 1, 2020 in Proverbs 08, Seeking Wisdom, Wisdom, Wisdom for the SoulTags: wisdom, wisdom call, Wisdom for the Soul
The blessed of the Lord are the ones who walk in His ways. God promises great blessing throughout the Bible to all who keep His commandments. There is a curse spoken against those who continuously walk in sin. Those filled with the wisdom of God are wise unto their own salvation. Those who refuse God and His wisdom are children of the evil one.
The walk of a Christian is one day at a time. Our commitment to the Lord is for a lifetime, but we must live it one day at a time. God’s instructions for living are found in the Bible. It is impossible to live pleasing lives in Him without knowing what His Word (Bible) says. Our prayer each day should be, “Lord, help me live pleasing to you today”.
Proverbs 4:25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you.
Posted: November 1, 2020 in Proverbs 04Tags: Proverbs 04:25, wisdom, Wisdom for the Soul
I have always said that our eyes reveal what is inside of us.
They are little windows that you may look into the soul. Shifty eyes that cannot look at you, ordinarily indicate the person has something they are covering up. Eyes that look straight at you say, “I am telling the truth”. Wandering eyes of any kind can bring heartache.
Proverbs 2:16-17 To deliver you from the strange woman, From the adulteress who flatters with her words. 17 That leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God.
Posted: November 1, 2020 in Proverbs, Proverbs 02Tags: Proverbs 02:16-17, wisdom, Wisdom for the Soul
To of the most difficult sins to resist are pride and sexual immorality. Both are seductive. Pride whispers, you deserve it, sexual desire demands, you need it. In combination, their appeal is deadly. Pride appeals to the empty head, sexual enticement to the empty heart. By looking to God, we can fill our heads with his wisdom and our hearts with his love. Ask God daily to fill you with his wisdom and love so that there will be little room inside you for these temptations to take root and grow. Do not be fooled-remember what God says about who you are and what you meant to be.
Proverbs 2:16-17 To deliver you from the strange woman, From the adulteress who flatters with her words. 17 That leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God.
Posted: October 31, 2020 in Proverbs 02, Wisdom for the SoulTags: Proverbs 2:16-17, wisdom
To of the most difficult sins to resist are pride and sexual immorality. Both are seductive. Pride whispers, you deserve it, sexual desire demands, you need it. In combination, their appeal is deadly. Pride appeals to the empty head, sexual enticement to the empty heart. By looking to God, we can fill our heads with his wisdom and our hearts with his love. Ask God daily to fill you with his wisdom and love so that there will be little room inside you for these temptations to take root and grow. Do not be fooled-remember what God says about who you are and what you meant to be.
Proverbs 31:23 “Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.”
Posted: October 31, 2020 in Proverbs 31, Seeking Wisdom, Wisdom, Wisdom for the SoulTags: Proverbs 31:23, wisdom, Wisdom for the Soul
She builds her husband up, and he has respect in the town. She never does things to make him ashamed.
This woman made a significant contribution to her husband’s position in the community and to his success. His domestic comfort promoted his advancement in public honor. A man’s good reputation begins with his home and thus the virtue of his wife.
Proverbs 30:21-23 Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: 22 a servant who becomes king, a fool who is full of food, 23 and unloved woman who is married, and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.
Posted: October 31, 2020 in Proverbs 30, Seeking Wisdom, WisdomTags: wisdom, Wisdom for the Soul
Like earthquakes, society is greatly agitated when normal roles are overturned, servants reigning, fools made rich, hated women married and maidservants becoming wives.
These four things make living very uncomfortable. They really are things which should not be. These four causes much pain to all parties involved.
A servant is really not suited to be a ruler, and sudden power many times turns the head of the person elevated.
This fool, who suddenly has more than he needs, over-indulges, and makes himself even more of a fool. This “odious woman” is an undesirable woman, perhaps because she is not attractive or has unattractive ways. If she does get married, she is ill-tempered and possibly will drive her mate away.
This handmaid, who obtains the wealth of her mistress, whether by death of the mistress or some trickery, would certainly cause her to be arrogant and difficult to get along with.
Proverbs 28:21 To show partiality is not good- yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
Posted: October 28, 2020 in Proverbs 28, Proverbs 28:21, Seeking Wisdom, WisdomTags: Proverbs 28:21, wisdom, Wisdom for the Soul
We see bribery associated with this. (piece of bread). Some judges accept bribes and release someone just because of favors or because of who they are. God expects us to treat all men fairly.
Proverbs 25:21-22 – If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
Posted: October 25, 2020 in Proverbs 25, Seeking Wisdom, WisdomTags: Proverbs 25:21-22, wisdom
God’s form of retaliation is most effective and yet difficult to do. Paul quotes this proverb in
Romans 12:19-21. In Mathew 5:44, Jesus encourages us to pray for those who hurt us. By returning good for evil, we are acknowledging God as the balancer of all accounts and trusting him to be the judge.
Proverbs 19:26 He who robs his father and drives out his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
Posted: October 19, 2020 in Proverbs 19, Seeking Wisdom, WisdomTags: Proverbs 19:26, wisdom
Perhaps, this Scripture here about the father indicates that he not only wastes what he gets himself, but talks his dad out of what he has, and wastes his dad’s savings also.
However, a son can waste his father in more ways than money. A son that will not take advice from his father has wasted all the stored-up knowledge his father could share with him. For this son to chase away his mother has to be something very terrible. Mothers do not give up their sons easily. Whether this literally means chases him out of the home or whether it means his evil deeds have driven her affection away, is awfully bad.
A mother’s love is next to God’s love. This son would certainly be a dishonor to his parents. Shame and reproach would certainly be the aftereffects of this life.
In this verse, it appears that the son comes into possession of his father’s property during his parents’ lifetime, but rather than caring for them, he drives them out.
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