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250818, Prov. 18:4,8,20-21,23, Some Observations About Words 18.08.2025 10:47 ↓

Life and Death are in their power!

250817, Prov. 17:27-28, The Less We Say, the Smarter We Seem! 17.08.2025 11:57 ↓

The Wisdom of Keeping your mouth shut.

250816, Prov. 16:6, Steadfast Love, Faithfulness, and Atonement 16.08.2025 9:55 ↓

We read verse 6 in two ways: As a theological statement of why and how God deals with our sins, and as a practical way for us to overcome injuries we do to one another.

250815, Prov. 15:8,9,26,29: Does God Play Favorites? 15.08.2025 12:11 ↓

He does! And this fact is very important to understand!

250814, Prov. 14:4 and 23, Doing Things and Making a Mess 14.08.2025 9:31 ↓

A productive life is a messy one!

250813, Prov. 13:12, 19, 25, Desire and Satisfaction 13.08.2025 11:00 ↓

Satisfying a desire is natural. The difference between the wise man and the fool.

250812, Prov 12:1,9,.11,24,27, Discipline, Diligence and Wealth 12.08.2025 10:21 ↓

Playing the great man and not roasting you game are not the way forward!

250811, Prov. 11:2, Pride and Humility 11.08.2025 10:22 ↓

Unless you are willing to let go o f your pride, wisdom cannot come to you

250810, Prov. 10:1, and The Fourth Commandment 10.08.2025 10:28 ↓

The importance of receiving, conserving, and passing on the wisdom of out forefathers.

250809, Prov. 9, Wisdom's Content, Part 2 09.08.2025 10:08 ↓

A little about how Proverbs relates to the Ten Commandments

250808, Prov. 8:35, The Constituent Parts of Wisdom 08.08.2025 11:51 ↓

The two most basic messages that God gives us, the Law and the Gospel.

280807, Prov. 7:2, Keeping Commandments and Living 07.08.2025 10:39 ↓

What does it mean it "keep commandments"?

280806, Prov. 6:10, 15, 32, Loving God, Others and Ourselves 06.08.2025 9:17 ↓

What's good for God, for others individuals and society, is also good for us.

250805, Prov. 5:15-20, The Blessing of Married Love 05.08.2025 9:14 ↓

Proverbs reminds us of the blessing that sex is meant to be, a lesson our culture has utterly forgotten.

250804, Prov. 4:18-19, Why Isn't This Working? 04.08.2025 9:33 ↓

The modern substitute for the wisdom that God gives--rationalism--isn't yielding the results it was supposed to produce, and its adherents don't know why.

250803, Prov. 3:11-12, The Easy Life and the Lord's Discipline 03.08.2025 7:25 ↓

If God does this, we will not only perish, but will walk the path to hell happily!

250802, Prov. 2:21-22, Wisdom and Understanding (REDO) 02.08.2025 8:35 ↓

Ifhe knows nothing else, a man of understanding knows this . . .

250801, The House and the Rules 01.08.2025 9:41 ↓

Proverbs are meditations on reality. Not so much on God's activity among us.

250731, Prov. 31, Two Oracles Concerning Women 31.07.2025 8:54 ↓

The Women to Pass By (verse 3), and the Woman to Catch (verse 30)!

250730, Prov. 30, Well is it 3? Or is it 4? 30.07.2025 9:19 ↓

A memorable chapter in Proverbs, with some memorable words of wisdom and a penchant for numbers.

250729, Prov. 29:12-14, 16. Fathers, Rulers, and the Suppression of the Wicked 29.07.2025 11:13 ↓

The centerpiece of patriarchy: protecting those who need protecting

250728, Strength and Ruling and the Poor 28.07.2025 10:05 ↓

The Unique Position of the People's Ruler is highlighted by a number of proverbs in Chapter 28.

250727, Prov. 27:17, Golf, Tennis and Iron 27.07.2025 9:21 ↓

We need people in our lives that can keep up with us and keep us honest.

250726, Prov. 26, WorseThan A Fool! (Redone) 26.07.2025 10:45 ↓

Fools are bad, but this is worse. Also, sluggards, Liars and Argumentative Troublemakers.

250725, Prov. 25:1-7, God, Kings and Righteousness 25.07.2025 10:48 ↓

Proverbs is Pro Kings!