Proverbs 13:6, “Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.” King Solomon in the book of Proverbs frequently used the literary technique called, “antithetical parallelism,” which means, “the second line contrasts with the first.” For example, “The sinner goes to hell, but the righteous go to heaven.” In today’s proverb the antithetical…

Proverbs 12:16, “A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.” “I’m so mad at you right now I could scream!” “Shut up, who do you think you are to talk to me that way?” “How dare you say that to me, you better stop before I snap and lose…

Proverbs 12:1, “Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.” There is no way according to the Bible to be a true disciple of Christ, without being disciplined and corrected by God. If we are not receiving God’s discipline and correction it’s because we are not truly His children. The Bible…

Proverbs 11:28, “Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.” Do you want to thrive or take a dive in life? I believe most sane people would honestly answer, “thrive.” However, if most people would rather thrive than fall, why are more people pursuing and trusting in…

Proverbs 11:22, “Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.” In today’s proverb King Solomon gives a stern rebuke to beautiful women who have no discretion. Women who act with indiscretion are considered to be wasting their beauty; just like a gold ring is wasted on a…

Proverbs 11:14, “For lack of guidance a nation falls, but many advisers make victory sure.” John Dickinson in 1768 wrote a powerful song during the American Revolution called, The Liberty Song. One of the most inspiring verses is, “Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all, By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall; In…

Proverbs 11:3, “The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.” Has someone ever told you, “I’ll call you this week” and they never did? Or have you had a friend say, “I’ll be at your house Saturday to help you move” and they never showed up? Unfaithful people…

Proverbs 10:22, “The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.” A wise man once said, “Being wealthy isn’t a sin because Abraham, David and Solomon would be sinners. However, the love of money is, so know the difference between having money and loving money.” Biblical wealth means, “to have…