Proverbs 1:7 KJV — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. If you take the “text” out of “context“, all you’re left with is a con. In Proverbs 1:7-10, we have a progression from the fear of the LORD, to submitting to the authority of parents, …
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Remember the Word
Proverbs 31:5 KJV — Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. Your job is to keep the Word of God in all your thoughts. You can do it. And you need to watch out for anything that would have you forget it or dilute it. Remember …
Diligently seek the Lord
Hebrews 11:6 KJV — But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Diligently seek the Lord. There is a reward for doing this.
God isn’t the destroyer
Proverbs 29:1 KJV — He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. It’s Satan. It’s the deceitfulness of sin. It’s refusing to accept Jesus’ full payment on the Cross. It’s the ‘social drinking’. It’s the driving onto a broken bridge despite all the warning signs and barriers …
Stand firm
Proverbs 28:1 KJV — The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. You don’t need to flee from trouble. Trouble needs to fled from you. Stand firm.
Be thou diligent
Proverbs 27:23 KJV — Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. Be diligent. Be thou diligent. That’s your part. God’s part is to bless you, give you the power to obtain wealth, prosper the work of your hand and give an increase to the seed you …
Cooperating with the Covenant
Daniel 1:6 KJV — Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: Daniel and his 3 friends stood out among the best of the best because of their cooperation with the Covenant. All the children of Israel had a relationship with God because of God’s Covenant with Abraham. This …
God’s way of seeing things
Psalm 32:8 KJV — I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Don’t judge God’s guidance using your perspective. He never promised to guide you using your eye, but with His eye. Trust God’s way of seeing things rather than your own.
And beside the promises…
2 Peter 1:5 KJV — And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; …is diligence. The promises are God’s part, and He’s already paid for them and said yes, you can have them. The diligence, the effort is our part. It’s the physical expression of the Amen we’ve …
Diligence in the New Testament
Proverbs 10:4 KJV — He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. The widow with the judge. The servants with the talents. Jesus preaching, teaching and demonstrating the Kingdom, travelling to all the villages and sleeping on the boat rides. Saul being let down by a …