Twisted Conversations
Proverbs 23:6–8: Do not eat the bread of a miser, nor desire his delicacies; For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you. The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up, and waste your …
The Right Reason for the Right Balance
Proverbs 23:4–5: Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease! Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
Make the Right Friends
Proverbs 22:24–25: Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go, lest you learn his ways and set a snare for your soul.
That You May Know
Proverbs 22:20–21: Have I not written to you excellent things of counsels and knowledge, that I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth, that you may answer words of truth to those who send to you?
His Wisdom
Proverbs 22:17–19: Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge; For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; Let them all be fixed upon your lips, so that your trust may be in the Lord; I have …
The Right Work Ethic
Proverbs 22:13: The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!”
A Friend of the King
Proverbs 22:11 He who loves purity of heart and has grace on his lips, the king will be his friend.
The Cure for Contention
Proverbs 22:10: Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave; Yes, strife and reproach will cease.
Children:Training is Required
Proverbs 22:6: Train up a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not depart from it.