Proverbs 14 – You’re looking. Really?
14:6 – A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands. I was checking in to the gym the other day. After punching in my phone number on the key pad, I looked two inches to the right of the pad, for the fingerprint scanner. It wasn’t there. So,…
Proverbs 25 – Exalting Oneself
6 – Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of the great; 7 – for it is better that he say to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen. …
Proverbs 27 – Through a Keyhole
27:1 – Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth. I’ve always read this verse as a warning about bragging about good things to come. It’s hubris and foolishness on our part to assume we know what next year, next month, next week, the next day, the…
