One who has good sense is slow to take offense. Solomon tells us that there is glory for the man who exercises patience and forgiveness. We are at another stand-alone proverb. We have seen others like this one. There are still more to come on this same topic. After Googling how many proverbs there are […]
Solomon points out that our station in life governs our situation too. Moving from one ‘station’ to another is often under God’s hand. This is another stand-alone proverb, according to my bible helps. I honestly can’t say I have seen one exactly like it before. We have come across similar themes that speak of fitting […]
Solomon uses one of the ‘Big Ten’ as bookends for what he shares today. That ‘Big Ten’ is the Ten Commandments. This one is number nine. Yes, I’m still following my bible helps grouping format. They suggest that today’s verses may have a courtroom theme to them. “In this context, dominated by the idea of […]
Solomon highlights how bad times affect a man. The one with much money has many friends. They both leave together. My bible helps labels this group of scriptures as ones regarding “misfortune from various angles.” I don’t know if I would have seen that if it were not for them directing how I looked at […]
Solomon speaks of marriage as a thing from God. God did not make man to be alone; He created woman. I take thee ____ to be my wife.