Proverbs 2 – Running with the Pack
Proverbs 2:3-5 – 3 (For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for understanding: 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for treasures, 5 Then shalt thou understand the feare of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. – the Geneva Bible, 1560 Edition The “world” conspires to have…
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…
Proverbs 2 – Taking His Advice
2:1 – My son, if you receive my words, and treasure my commands within you 2:2 – So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; 2:3 – Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, 2:4 – If you seek her as silver and…
Proverbs 20 – Drawing from the Well
20:5 – Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out. We’ve heard all the arguments against “it.” We know all the reasons “it” can’t or shouldn’t be done or sought, but we do “it” anyway. “It” doesn’t work, and we persist. We meet with failure after failure,…
Proverbs 9 – Fearless Simplicity
9:3 – She [Wisdom] has sent out her maidens, She cries from the highest places of the city, 9:4 – “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him, 9:5 – “Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed. 9:6 –…
