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 I do not publish supplemental material on Sundays, but I do include a suggested Scripture reading.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 They Call Her Blessed
Reading the Word Proverbs 31:20–27 (ESV)20 She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.21 She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet.22 She makes … Continue reading The Wise Spouse
Reading the Word Proverbs 31:13–19 (ESV)13 She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands.14 She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar.15 She rises while it is yet night and provides food … Continue reading Skilled in Living
Reading the Word “An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.” (Proverbs 31:10, ESV) Understanding and Applying the Word The last portion of the Book of Proverbs deals with the “excellent wife”. The word translated … Continue reading An Excellent Wife
Reading the Word Proverbs 31:8–9 (ESV)8 Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute.9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. Understanding and Applying the Word This passage … Continue reading Defend Their Rights
Reading the Word Proverbs 30:32–33 (ESV)32 If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.33 For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces … Continue reading Put Your Hand on Your Mouth
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 I do not publish supplemental material on Sundays, but I do include a suggested Scripture reading.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 Small, but Wise
Reading the Word “This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, “I have done no wrong.”” (Proverbs 30:20, ESV) Understanding and Applying the Word We read of the adulterous woman who eats and … Continue reading I Have Done No Wrong
Reading the Word Proverbs 30:15–16 (ESV)15 The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”:16 Sheol, the barren womb, the land never satisfied with water, and the fire that never says, “Enough.” … Continue reading Never Enough
Reading the Word Proverbs 30:7–9 (ESV)7 Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me before I die:8 Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is … Continue reading Neither Poverty Nor Riches
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