Reading the Word “Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.” … Continue reading We Need Friends
Reading the Word “Better is open rebuke than hidden love.” (Proverbs 27:5, ESV) Understanding and Applying the Word How is rebuke better than hidden love? They both seem like bad things, but I would much rather not be rebuked. This … Continue reading The Rebuke of a Friend
Reading the Word “For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.” (Proverbs 26:20, ESV) Understanding and Applying the Word Perhaps the most damaging aspect of conflict is that it can be difficult … Continue reading How to End a Quarrel
Reading the Word “Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, ‘I am only joking!‘” (Proverbs 26:18–19, ESV) Understanding and Applying the Word Today’s passage deals with causing quarrels with … Continue reading I Am Only Joking!
Reading the Word Proverbs 26:14–15 (ESV)14 As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth. Understanding … Continue reading Descriptions of the Sluggard
Shaped by the Word is a daily, Bible-reading devotional. I do not publish supplemental material on Sundays, but I do include a suggested Scripture reading. Please be sure to subscribe to this page to follow along every day. Thanks for … Continue reading Any Excuse to Be Lazy
Today’s post is part of our Psalm Saturdays series from guest blogger Robert Chamberlain. You can read his archives at www.roberlain.wordpress.com . Psalm 130:1–8 (ESV)1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD!2 O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be … Continue reading Wait
Reading the Word “Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.” (Proverbs 26:11, ESV) Understanding and Applying the Word What a vivid picture. It is the gross imagery of a dog returning to … Continue reading Like a Dog Returns to His Vomit
Reading the Word “Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.” (Proverbs 26:7, ESV) Understanding and Applying the Word A proverb is a saying that teaches wisdom. A fool is one who … Continue reading Never Stop Learning
Reading the Word Proverbs 26:4–5 (ESV)4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. Understanding and Applying the Word … Continue reading Engaging Fools
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