Motivated by Him
Proverbs 6:9–11: How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep — so shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, and your need like an armed man.
The Wisdom of an Ant
Proverbs 6:6–8: Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, which, having no captain, overseer or ruler, provides her supplies in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
Wise Business Advice
Proverbs 6:1–5: My son, if you become surety for your friend, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger, you are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth. So do this, my son, and deliver yourself; For you have …
It Did not Have to Happen
Proverbs 5:21–23: For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and He ponders all his paths. His own iniquities entrap the wicked man, and he is caught in the cords of his sin. He shall die for lack of instruction, and in the greatness of his …
Marriage: God’s Way
Proverbs 5:15–20: Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well. Should your fountains be dispersed abroad, streams of water in the streets? Let them be only your own, and not for strangers with you. Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of …
How To Forfeit Everything
Proverbs 5:7–10: Therefore hear me now, my children, and do not depart from the words of my mouth. Remove your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house, lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one; Lest aliens …
Avoid Sinful Alliances
Proverbs 5:3–4: For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
The Reason for Godly Advice
Proverbs 5:1–2: My son, pay attention to my wisdom; Lend your ear to my understanding, that you may preserve discretion, and your lips may keep knowledge.
Staying Focused
Proverbs 4:25–27: Let your eyes look straight ahead, and your eyelids look right before you. Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established. Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil.
A Diligent Heart
Proverbs 4:23: Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.