Proverb 1:24
“Because I have called and you refused to listen,have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,” In verse 6, we learn what happens if we heed her call. But here, we are set…
Month: September 2020
Proverb 1:23
“If you turn at my reproof,behold, I will pour out my spirit to you;I will make my words known to you.” About-face. One simple act of obedience to turn our thoughts can turn our lives…
Proverb 1:22
“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?” Wisdom persuades us to think deeply. The New Oxford American Dictionary defines simple as…
Proverb 1:21
“At the head of the noisy streets she cries out;at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:” Her message is for everyone. This Lady Wisdom stands at the gates of the city, amidst the…
Proverb 1:20
“Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice;” There are two kinds of people we see on the street and in the marketplace. The one draws a crowd; like the entertainers…
Proverb 1:19
“Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain;it takes away the life of its possessors.” All of these ways of the sinner…they describe all who are greedy for unjust gain. Me.…
Proverb 1:18
“but these men lie in wait for their own blood;they set an ambush for their own lives.” When we walk in sin, we set out traps for our own steps. Sin ensnares us. Here, in…
Proverb 1:17
“For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird.” If I were to spread a net in the sight of a bird, I would do so “devoid of reason”, “without a…
Proverb 1:16
“For their feet run to evil,and they make haste to shed blood.” Hebrews 12:1-2a teaches us about the path that our feet were created for. “Therefore since we are surrounded by such a great cloud…