Reading the Word “The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.” (Proverbs 28:1, ESV) Understanding and Applying the Word The wicked person flees when no one pursues. The reason that the wicked person … Continue reading Why Are the Wicked Paranoid?
Reading the Word “Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.” (Proverbs 27:20, ESV) Understanding and Applying the Word Sheol and Abaddon are words used to speak of death and the grave in the … Continue reading Never Satisfied
Reading the Word “Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17, ESV) Understanding and Applying the Word We are a work in progress. None of us has reached the point where we have attained all wisdom and learning … Continue reading Iron Sharpens Iron
Reading the Word Proverbs 27:15–16 (ESV)15 A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike;16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one’s right hand. Understanding and Applying the Word … Continue reading Choose Your Relationships Wisely
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 I do not publish supplemental material on Sundays, but I do include a suggested Scripture reading.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 A Blessing or a Curse?
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
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