Tommy Blumberg

Blessed Faithfulness Proverbs 13:15 Good understanding gains favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard. Insight Good understanding translates “good name.” These Hebrew words are associated with favor (“grace or graciousness”). By contrast, the life of the unfaithful (lit., “treacherous”) is hard. The Hebrew for “hard” means “ever-flowing” like …

The Power of the Word Proverbs 13:13–14 He who despises the word will be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment will be rewarded. The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death. Insight All through Proverbs there is this …

Persevering in Hope Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. Insight The ever unsatisfied longing of a hungry soul results in faintness of spirit and sickness of heart. Such is the hopeless hope of the Christless. How blessed …

Financial Responsibility Proverbs 13:11 Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished, but he who gathers by labor will increase. Insight This is another proverb that should be considered in the light of eternity. Many wealthy men apparently knew that they had very foolish offspring; so they established trust funds and …

The Hypocritical Predicament Proverbs 13:7 There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; And one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches. Insight Here is another example of the old nature that we all have. If we are poor we want to put up a front, to …

Lips Filled with Grace Proverbs 13:3 He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction. Insight The evil speaker is but laying up trouble and sorrow for himself in the future; as the one into whose lips grace is poured shall …

Fatherly Advice Proverbs 13:1 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. Insight It is the part of true wisdom to own that the more experienced may save me much by instructing me as a result of what has been learned of a …

Choosing Friends Proverbs 12:26 The righteous should choose his friends carefully, for the way of the wicked leads them astray. Insight It would be clearer to translate it this way: “The righteous searches out his neighbor.” The righteous man wants to help his neighbor, while the lawless man will try …

A Good Word Just for You Proverbs 12:25 Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad. Insight A heavy heart is a weighty sickness; it makes us stoop under its unbearable burden. But how a kind word cheers [us] up. “This maxim therefore …

Love Without Words Proverbs 12:23 A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness. Insight A prudent man will not say things that are going to hurt someone. But you have probably been in a crowd where there is some foolish person, a big–mouthed person, who says …