Know Your Position
Know Your Position Proverbs 30:21–23 For three things the earth is perturbed, yes, for four it cannot bear up: For a servant when he reigns, a fool when he is filled with food, a hateful woman when she is married, and a maidservant who succeeds her mistress. Insight The people …
An Illustrated Warning
An Illustrated Warning Proverbs 30:18–19 There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yes, four which I do not understand: The way of an eagle in the air, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the midst of the sea, And …
Never Enough
Never Enough Proverbs 30:15–16 There are three things that are never satisfied, Four never say, “Enough!”: The grave, The barren womb, The earth that is not satisfied with water— And the fire never says, “Enough!” Insight All of these are but pictures of the restless yearning, implanted in man’s bosom …
Purity Over Piety
Purity Over Piety Proverbs 30:12 There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet is not washed from its filthiness. Insight Also there are people who are high up in business and politics who feel that they are pure—they are not guilty of wrongdoing. Even the down–and–outer …
Just Two Things
Just Two Things Proverbs 30:7–9 Two things I request of You (Deprive me not before I die): Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches— Feed me with the food allotted to me; Lest I be full and deny You, And say, “Who is the …
Make Me Like You
Make Me Like You Proverbs 30:5–6 Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar. Insight These verses show how God may be known: through …
Who Is This?
Who Is This? Proverbs 30:4 Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son’s name, If you know? …
Upright vs Unjust
Upright vs Unjust Proverbs 29:27 An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked. Insight The antagonism existing between the righteous and the wicked is given in surprisingly graphic terms. Detest, in both lines of the …
Trusting Jesus
Trusting Jesus Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe. Insight To fear man ensnares in the sense that one’s actions are controlled or confined by the person who is dreaded. It is far better to trust in the Lord …
Blessed Humility
Blessed Humility Proverbs 29:23 A man’s pride will bring him low, but the humble in spirit will retain honor. Insight Humility is indeed true greatness. It is “the crown of finite beings, made and jeweled by the hand of God himself. Supremacy is the glory of God; humility is the …