Proverbs 10:15 KJV — The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. Via Gemini: Analyzing Proverbs 10:15 in the Context of Ancient Israel Proverbs 10:15 presents a stark contrast between the security afforded by wealth and the vulnerability of the poor. While this verse primarily focuses on …
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Who’s talking?
Proverbs 9:4 KJV — Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Here, it’s Wisdom talking. She’s saying the same thing that the foolish woman will say at the end of Proverbs 9. Wisdom says the same thing, but also does things that the foolish …
Wisdom came first
Proverbs 8:22 KJV — The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. Before anything was made, Wisdom was present. God didn’t just open His mouth and speak things into being. He thought about it. He used Wisdom. He saw the end from the being. He made a plan. …
Keep God’s Word
Proverbs 7:1 KJV — My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. The Word of God is pure, true and incorruptible. It has the power to transform your life if you’ll dare to mix it with faith in your heart. Keep God’s word inside you and it will transform your life …
What time is it?
Proverbs 6:8 KJV — Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. The ant provides her meat in the summer. There’s a timing aspect connected to her provision. In seeking provision, don’t forget about the role of timing. Maybe you’re doing the right thing at the wrong time or in …
Don’t give it away
Proverbs 5:9 KJV — Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: It’s not that your honour and years will be taken from you. It’s that you would be giving them away. To others and to the cruel. Don’t give it away. Keep your honour and lifespan by keeping yourself …
Guard your hunger
Matthew 5:6 KJV — Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Stay hungry. Stay thirsty. Guard your capacity for wanting more. Nurture a perpetual hunger for more of all that God has provided for you. Satiety is simply a platform for seeing how much further the horizon …
Good doctrine
Proverbs 4:2 KJV — For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. Good doctrine. If there’s good doctrine then that means there is bad doctrine. Just because it’s being taught doesn’t mean you need to learn it.
On stillness
Psalm 46:10 KJV — Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Be still. rāp̄â. Sink down. Withdraw. Refrain. Let alone. Be quiet. Be slack. Relax. That’s your posture on the inside in which you actively know – engage in intimacy …
Knowing and saying
Luke 22:41-42 KJV — And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. Jesus already knew the will of His Father. All through the four gospels, He expressed and explained …