Category: Proverbs
July 26th, 2010
Like a lame man's legs that hang limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool (Proverbs 26:7).
Have you ever wished you could look under FDR's blanket? You know, the one that was perennially perched on the lap of the 32nd President of the United States of…
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July 21st, 2010
He who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will never be rich (Proverbs 21:17).
So, umm... If this Proverb is true, why is it that the rich people in our society are the ones who spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on a parti…
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July 2nd, 2010
For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul (Proverbs 2:10).
Every time I read the second chapter of the Proverbs these days, I am freshly impacted by its overwhelming overtones of the Gospel -- centuries before the bi…
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June 5th, 2010
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer -- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love (Proverbs 5:18-19).
Think with me for a moment about hot, passiona…
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May 30th, 2010
I am the most ignorant of men; I do not have a man's understanding. I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One (Proverbs 30:2-3).
An oracle is supposed to be someone extra-wise, someone who should be able to speak of the universe'…
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