Solomon speaks of having the right attitude when bringing your sacrifice to God. Those who come in pretense are NOT welcome. These two little verses speak volumes about the attitude we come to God with. When we come to God for anything, we need to come to Him HONESTLY searching for relationship with Him. Ritual […]
The lips of the wise speak life but the lips of the fool speak folly. By his words a man is commended or condemned. Words can heal or wound. My bible helps put verses 1-17 together but they pointed out some changes in topic. I decided to break them down a little bit. Today’s verses […]
Nations have leaders, but to be a great nation it is up to the individuals to make it so. Character counts individually and corporately. My bible helps puts the last verses in this chapter together because of the mention of kings. They bracket the individual character by the national concerns. “A nation perishes is its […]
The fear of the Lord is not a cowering in the corner fear, waiting for something horrible to jump out at you. It is an awe inspiring respect. It brings life. I wouldn’t even need my bible helps to know that these two proverbs go together, but I turned there first anyway. These two proverbs […]
The ninth commandment is laid out in this proverb. God commands us to be true witnesses, and in doing so we save lives. Maybe even our own! My bible helps has this verse standing alone. But this concept, and commandment, is visited several times by Solomon. It is even seen in the final days of […]