Hearing from Him
Hearing from Him Proverbs 28:9 One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination. Insight The thing that God is saying here is very important. If you want God to hear you, you must hear Him first. He has made it very clear …
Decided Advantage
Decided Advantage Proverbs 28:4–5 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, But such as keep the law contend with them. Evil men do not understand justice, But those who seek the Lord understand all. Insight It is natural that men who have themselves forsaken the law should praise those …
Blessed Stewardship
Blessed Stewardship Proverbs 27:23–27 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and attend to your herds; For riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to all generations. When the hay is removed, and the tender grass shows itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered …
The Revealing Revelation
The Revealing Revelation Proverbs 27:19 As in water face reflects face, so a man’s heart reveals the man. Insight From this we learn to be sympathetic with the members of Christ. We share their joys and sorrows, their confidence and temptations. Self-knowledge also instructs us thus to know human nature, …
The Iron Man
The Iron Man Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. Insight As by friction, one iron instrument is sharpened and polished by contact with another, so we may be a help to each other by interesting and profitable exchange of thought. A …
Listen to His Voice
Listen to His Voice Proverbs 27:14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it will be counted a curse to him. Insight I always tell this to young preachers when I am speaking in seminaries: “Young men, regardless of what church you go …
Valuable Friendships
Valuable Friendships Proverbs 27:9–10 Ointment and perfume delight the heart, and the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by hearty counsel. Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor nearby than …
A Faithful Friend
A Faithful Friend Proverbs 27:5–6 Open rebuke is better than love carefully concealed. Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Insight This is a contrast of which we have many examples in the Bible. Paul rebuked Simon Peter when he withdrew from …
A Time for Silence
A Time for Silence Proverbs 27:2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips. Insight Praise is sweet music, but it never sounds well when it comes from your own mouth. If it comes from another person’s mouth, it is a …
The Disobedient Delay
The Disobedient Delay Proverbs 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth. Insight There is a philosophy of procrastination that is very familiar to all of us. It puts off until tomorrow what could be done today. It is not that …