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 …
A Treasure to Discover
TITLE Proverbs 2:4–5 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. Insight You cannot learn the Word of God by getting in a pious frame of mind and then …
Safe and Secure
Safe and Secure Proverbs 1:33 But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, and will be secure, without fear of evil. Insight God has provided a way to avoid disaster. Those who listen to His Wisdom—that is, those who obey Wisdom—will live in safety and be at ease, without fear …
No Escaping the Consequences
No Escaping the Consequences Proverbs 1:29–31 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord, they would have none of my counsel and despised my every rebuke. Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled to the full with their own …