How to Honor God
How to Honor God Proverbs 3:9–10 Honor the Lord with your possessions, and with the firstfruits of all your increase; So your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine. Insight A worldly person finds this a hard precept. But for God’s servant it …
A Wise Assessment
A Wise Assessment Proverbs 3:7–8 Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones. Insight Young people who acquire wisdom need to remember that they did not become wise by themselves; wisdom …
Knowing His Will
Knowing His Will Proverbs 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Insight We must obey God’s will (vv. 5–8). “He shall direct your paths” is the promise, but the fulfillment of that promise is predicated on our obedience to the Lord. We must trust …
Trust Him More
Trust Him More Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. Insight To trust in the Lord wholeheartedly means one should not rely (lean) on his understanding, for human insights are never enough. God’s ways are incomprehensible; yet He is trustworthy. …
Mercy and Truth
Mercy and Truth Proverbs 3:3–4 Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart, and so find favor and high esteem in the sight of God and man. Insight “Mercy” is loving–kindness. The law was given by Moses, but …
Forget Me Not
Forget Me Not Proverbs 3:1–2 My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands; For length of days and long life and peace they will add to you. Insight This is not given like a stern command. My son. It is our Father’s voice speaking. …
The Right Walk
The Right Walk Proverbs 2:20–22 So you may walk in the way of goodness, and keep to the paths of righteousness. For the upright will dwell in the land, and the blameless will remain in it; But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the unfaithful will …
Wisdom from Sexual Temptation
Wisdom from Sexual Temptation Proverbs 2:16–17 Wisdom delivers you from the immoral woman, from the seductress who flatters with her words, who forsakes the companion of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God. Insight Here is the subject of sexual temptation, which is a major concern in the …
Pleasant to Your Soul
Pleasant to Your Soul Proverbs 2:10–12 When wisdom enters your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul, discretion will preserve you; Understanding will keep you, to deliver you from the way of evil. Insight When wisdom enters your heart, you will become a changed person. You will be able …
Wisdom for the Upright
Wisdom for the Upright Proverbs 2:6–7 For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding; He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly. Insight Vanity and “foolishness” are hallmarks of the wisdom of this world. But here is …