How to Wreck a Friendship
How to Wreck a Friendship Proverbs 16:27–28 An ungodly man digs up evil, and it is on his lips like a burning fire. A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates the best of friends. Insight It would be well if every one addicted to the sinfully cruel habit …
Self-Deception
Self-Deception Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. Insight Those who refuse the Way, to tread a way of their own choosing, find no true joy or confidence. “They, being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about …
Heed His Words
Heed His Words Proverbs 16:20–21 He who heeds the word wisely will find good, and whoever trusts in the Lord, happy is he. The wise in heart will be called prudent, and sweetness of the lips increases learning. Insight When wisdom possesses the reins the behavior will be discreet, and …
The Power of Pride
The Power of Pride Proverbs 16:18–19 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. Insight Here again is a thrust made against that which God hates—pride. Pride is number …
The Value of Wisdom and Understanding
The Value of Wisdom and Understanding Proverbs 16:16 How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. Insight The voice of temptation. Anybody who makes it easy for us to disobey God certainly isn’t a friend. The offer they made …
My Plans, His Direction
My Plans, His Direction Proverbs 16:9 A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. Insight This is a good description of God’s sovereign rule. It is an inscrutable mystery how God accomplishes his fixed purpose by free-willed agents. Man without his free will is a machine. …
Pleasing God
Pleasing God Proverbs 16:7 When a man’s ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. Insight I have wrestled with this proverb a great deal, and I have searched what other men have had to say on this. Do you mean to tell …
Your Commitment, His Response
Your Commitment, His Response Proverbs 16:3 Commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established. Insight The word “commit” might be rendered “roll.” He who rolls his affairs over upon the Lord, will find Him ever ready to take charge of them all, and to carry them …
Our Plans, His Answer
Our Plans, His Answer Proverbs 16:1–2 The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirits. Insight Ever since the Fall it has been …
Humility Before Honor
Humility Before Honor VERSE Proverbs 15:33 The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility. Insight As the child of God realizes the presence of a holy God, he will be full of humility. Indeed, no Christian grace can exist without it. Every dispensation …