Better is the one who is slighted but has a servant, than he who honors himself but lacks bread. This to have a servant part means to have what you need met, and then some. If you are in that state then it does not matter if you are slighted, you have what is needed. …
He who is devoid of wisdom despises his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his peace. To be a person of wisdom means that you love and respect those around you. When wisdom is not present in a person’s life they end up despising their neighbors. We can choose to look at life through …
The mouth of the righteous is a well of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked. Solomon is back to directly comparing righteousness with wickedness. The words that come from a righteous person are going to be like a breath of fresh air to those that hear them. Solomon likens it to a …
Give instruction to a wise man, and He will be still wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. In the previous verse Solomon was talking about correcting and instructing the wicked scoffer gets you nowhere fast. For those foolish people they do not like to be corrected and will do what …
“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge and discretion. To be a prudent person means that you apply wisdom in your life. To be a person that truly has wisdom it makes sense that you would apply it to your life’s situations. When we are executing wisdom we are going to be searching …
In this proverb so far Solomon has warned us to keep to his teachings and to keep away from the immoral woman. In the last few months we had started looking at this little scenario that Solomon had set up. From his window is watching this man that is foolish taking the path to the …
A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth. Solomon had in the previous verses been talking about the lazy man and the troubles that brings to one’s life. He now makes the switch to talking about the worthless man. Wickedness and worthlessness often go hand in hand, they are good for nothing …
Therefore hear me now, my children, and do not depart from the words of my mouth, remove your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house. Remember that Solomon has been instructing his son concerning the immoral woman and how alluring she can be. Here Solomon is calling again …
Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil. The best way to live a righteous life that honors God is to never even enter the path of the wicked. This is not always possible, but is possible more often than we would like to think. If …
Do not be wise in your own eyes. Our world is running rampant with people who are wise in their own eyes. It is true that there are things that we will know about and that is due to God’s grace and knowledge He has given us. I am sure we have all seen those …
