Daily Devotions

Its Not Your Fight Proverbs 26:17 He who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a dog by the ears. Insight If we want to honor God in our Christian walk, we must take time at every step for prayer and for …

Hopeless Foolishness Proverbs 26:12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Insight Arrogant self-assumption and fancied superiority to all instruction place a man hopelessly beyond the reach of help. The out-and-out fool, who does not pretend to …

Hypocrisy Illustrated Proverbs 26:11 As a dog returns to his own vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. Insight It is repulsive and sickening even to think of this. This is the viewpoint that Peter presents to us concerning the hypocrite: “But it is happened unto them according to the …

Sometimes…No Answer is the Best Answer Proverbs 26:4–5 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. Insight I received a letter from a brilliant man who had some …

Living a Spirit Controlled Life Proverbs 25:28 Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls. Insight Self-control is ever important. This is the temperance of the New Testament. Paul made it his object to keep his body under, that thus he might …

Glorify Him, Not Yourself Proverbs 25:27 It is not good to eat much honey; So to seek one’s own glory is not glory. Insight We know honey is good, in moderation. It is not good to eat too much honey. A man’s own name and reputation is honey to him. …

We Need His Grace Proverbs 25:26 A righteous man who falters before the wicked is like a murky spring and a polluted well. Insight This is the comparison he makes with a righteous man, a man who has stood for truth, who finally bows before the wicked. How many times …

There is a Better Way Proverbs 25:21–22 If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; For so you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will reward you. Insight Kindness to one’s enemy-giving him …

Follow His Leading Proverbs 25:20 Like one who takes away a garment in cold weather, and like vinegar on soda, Is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. Insight Trying to perk up by songs a person who is discouraged or depressed (a heavy heart) is as cruel as …

Burn Bright for Jesus Proverbs 25:18 A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow. Insight Giving false testimony in court against a neighbor can crush, divide, or pierce like a club … sword, or … arrow. Lying can wound …