The Right Reason for the Right Balance
The Right Reason for the Right Balance Proverbs 23:4–5 Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease! Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven. Insight I find that the …
Your Landmark
Your Landmark Proverbs 22:28 Do not remove the ancient landmark which your fathers have set. Insight Everyone has a right to what is his own. He must, therefore, have a way of knowing and securing his right. The ancient boundary stone was protected by the wise laws of Israel. God …
Make the Right Friends
Make the Right Friends Proverbs 22:24–25 Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go, lest you learn his ways and set a snare for your soul. Insight Sin is contagious. The base passions of the hot-tempered man repel rather than attract. But sin …
That You May Know
That You May Know Proverbs 22:20–21 Have I not written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge, that I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth, that you may answer words of truth to those who send to you? Insight But even the words of …
His Wisdom
His Wisdom Proverbs 22:17–19 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge; For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; Let them all be fixed upon your lips, so that your trust may be in the Lord; …
The Right Work Ethic
The Right Work Ethic Proverbs 22:13 The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!” Insight The sluggard is a coward. He has no love for his work, and therefore he is always ready to invent some flimsy excuse that will prevent him …
A Friend of the King
A Friend of the King VERSE Proverbs 22:11 He who loves purity of heart and has grace on his lips, the king will be his friend. Insight Here a pure heart does not describe the natural but the renewed person. It is no external varnish. It is sincerity, humility, turning …
The Cure for Contention
The Cure for Contention Proverbs 22:10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave; Yes, strife and reproach will cease. Insight Here is a word for rulers. The mocker stirs up strife in the church. He must be restrained. If restraint is to be effective, he must, if possible, be …
Children: Training is Required
Children:Training is Required Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not depart from it. Insight The hopes of at least two generations hang on this most important rule. Everything hangs on a child’s training. Two paths beckon him. One …
Moved with Compassion
Moved with Compassion Proverbs 22:2 The rich and the poor have this in common, The Lord is the maker of them all. Insight The poor are mentioned several times in this chapter. A person may acquire wealth but that does not completely separate him from the poor, for both are …