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OCTOBER 19 - The Power of Purposeful Action3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 26:6–7; John 19//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.” — Proverbs 26:7 (ESV)“Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it...

OCTOBER 18 - Wisdom in Every Word3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 26:4–5; Psalm 119:137–176; John 18//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.” — Proverbs 26:4–5 (ESV)“Righteous are you, O Lord, an...

OCTOBER 17 - Grounded in Truth3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 26:2; Psalm 119:97-136; John 17//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.” — Proverbs 26:2 (ESV)“I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. I...

OCTOBER 16 - Wisdom in the Storm3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 26:1,3; Psalm 119:65–96; John 16//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. Like a whip for the horse, or a bridle for the donkey, is a rod for the back of fools.” — Proverbs 26:1,3 (ESV)“The law of yo...

OCTOBER 15 - Strength That Holds3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 25:28; Psalm 119:33–64; John 15//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.” — Proverbs 25:28 (ESV)“Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end. Give me understanding, th...

OCTOBER 14 - Finding Balance in Life3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 25:27; Psalm 119:1-32; John 14//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory.” — Proverbs 25:27 (ESV)“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. I have remembered your name, O Lord, in th...

OCTOBER 13 - Refreshing Friendships3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 25:25–26; John 13//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land. Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.” — Proverbs 25:25–26 (ESV)“A new commandment I giv...

OCTOBER 12 - Gentle Words, Strong Faith3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 25:23–24; Psalm 118; John 12//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks. It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.” — Proverbs 25:23–24 (ESV)“Th...

OCTOBER 11 - Turning Pain Into Purpose3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 25:21–22; John 11//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.” — Proverbs 25:21–22 (ESV)“Now Jesus lov...

OCTOBER 10 - Words That Heal or Hurt3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 25:19–20; Psalm 117; John 10//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“Trusting a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips. Like one who sings songs to a heavy heart is the one who gives false counsel to the weary.” — Proverbs 25:19–20 (...

OCTOBER 9 - When the Light Breaks Through3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 25:17–18; John 9//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he have his fill of you and hate you. A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.” — Proverbs 25...

OCTOBER 8 - Sweet Freedom3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 25:15–16; Psalms 116; John 8//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone. If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.” — Proverbs 25:15–16 (ESV)“For you have d...

OCTOBER 7 - Refreshing Faithfulness3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 25:13–14; John 7//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a faithful messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters. Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give.” —...

OCTOBER 6 - Words That Nourish, Faith That Lasts3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 25:11–12; Psalms 115; John 6//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver. Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.” — Proverbs 25:11–12 (ESV)“You who fear the...

OCTOBER 5 - Choose Grace Over Grudges3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 25:8–10; John 5//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“Do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame? Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and do not reveal another's secret, lest he who hears you bri...

OCTOBER 4 - Living for the Greater Story3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 25:1–7; Psalms 114; John 4//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence or stand in the place of the great, for it is better to be told, ‘Come up here,’ than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.” — Proverbs 25:6–7...

OCTOBER 3 - Don’t Sleep on Your Faith3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 24:30–34; John 3//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.” — Proverbs 24:3...

OCTOBER 2 - Better Than Payback3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 24:28–29; Psalms 113; John 2//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips. Do not say, ‘I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done.’” — Proverbs 24:28–...

OCTOBER 1 - Building Before Living3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 24:27; John 1//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.” — Proverbs 24:27 (ESV)“But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become...

SEPTEMBER 30 - Words That Shape Your World3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 24:26; Psalms 112; 1 Chronicles 29//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“Whoever gives an honest answer kisses the lips.” — Proverbs 24:26 (ESV)“Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments! His offspring will be mighty in the...

SEPTEMBER 29 - Standing Strong in Wisdom3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 24:23–25; 1 Chronicles 28//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good. Whoever says to the guilty, ‘You are innocent,’ will be cursed by peoples, nations, and tongues; but those who rebuke the...

SEPTEMBER 28 - Wisdom in Leadership and Life3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 24:21–22; 1 Chronicles 27//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“My son, fear the Lord and the king, and do not join with those who are given to change; for disaster will rise suddenly upon them, and who knows the ruin that will come from both?” — Proverbs 24:2...

SEPTEMBER 27 - Rising Above Setbacks3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 24:19–20; 1 Chronicles 26//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“Fret not yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked, for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.” — Proverbs 24:19–20 (ESV)“All these were the gatekeepers...

SEPTEMBER 26 - Rise Above the Fall3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 24:17–18; 1 Chronicles 24–25//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles; lest the Lord see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him.” — Proverbs 24:17–18 (ESV)“The divisions o...

SEPTEMBER 25 - Rising After the Fall3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 24:15–16; 1 Chronicles 22–23//3-Year Bible Devotional Book (Year Two) Available on Amazon//________________________________________“Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, lest the Lord see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him. For the righteous falls seven times and...