Pre-Game Proverb with John Rayner

Pro 26:20  Fire goes out without wood, and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.

Pro 25:21-22 If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat. If they are thirsty, give them water to drink. You will heap burning coals of shame on their heads, and the LORD will reward you.

Pro 24:17  Don’t rejoice when your enemies fall; don’t be happy when they stumble. Pro 24:18  For the LORD will be displeased with you and will turn his anger away from them.

Pro 23:9  Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Pro 20:22  Do not say, "I will repay evil"; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you.

Pro 19:4  Wealth adds many friends, But a poor man is separated from his friend.

Pro 18:10  The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous runs into it and is safe.

Pro 17:27  A truly wise person uses few words; a person with understanding is even-tempered. Pro 17:28  Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent; with their mouths shut, they seem intelligent.

Pro 16:28  A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.

Psa 22:29  Let the rich of the earth feast and worship. Bow before him, all who are mortal, all whose lives will end as dust. Psa 22:30  Our children will also serve him. Future generations will hear about the wonders of the Lord. Psa 22:31  His righteous acts will be told to those not yet born. They will hear about everything he has done.

Psa 22:26  The poor will eat and be satisfied. All who seek the LORD will praise him. Their hearts will rejoice with everlasting joy. Psa 22:27  The whole earth will acknowledge the LORD and return to him. All the families of the nations will bow down before him. Psa 22:28  For royal power belongs to the LORD. He rules all the nations.

Psa 22:25  From You comes my praise in the great assembly; I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him. 

Psa 22:23  Praise the LORD, all you who fear him! Honor him, all you descendants of Jacob! Show him reverence, all you descendants of Israel! Psa 22:24  For he has not ignored or belittled the suffering of the needy. He has not turned his back on them, but has listened to their cries for help.

Psa 22:22  I will tell of Your name to my brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.

Psa 22:19  O LORD, do not stay far away! You are my strength; come quickly to my aid! Psa 22:20  Save me from the sword; spare my precious life from these dogs. Psa 22:21  Snatch me from the lion’s jaws and from the horns of these wild oxen.

Psa 22:17  I can count all my bones. My enemies stare at me and gloat. Psa 22:18  They divide my garments among themselves and throw dice for my clothing.

Psa 22:14  My life is poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax, melting within me. Psa 22:15  My strength has dried up like sunbaked clay. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead. Psa 22:16  My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs; an evil gang closes in on me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

Psa 22:12  Many bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me. Psa 22:13  They open wide their mouth at me, As a ravening and a roaring lion.

Psa 22:11  Be not far from me, for trouble is near; For there is none to help.

Psa 22:9  Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb; You made me trust when upon my mother's breasts. Psa 22:10  Upon You I was cast from birth; You have been my God from my mother's womb. Psa 22:11  Be not far from me, for trouble is near; For there is none to help.

Psa 22:7  All who see me sneer at me; They separate with the lip, they wag the head, saying,Psa 22:8  "Commit yourself to the LORD; let Him deliver him; Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him."

Psa 22:6  But I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned and despised by all!

Psa 22:2  O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I have no rest. Psa 22:3  Yet You are holy, O You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel. Psa 22:4  In You our fathers trusted; They trusted and You delivered them. Psa 22:5  To You they cried out and were delivered; In You they trusted and were not disappointed.

Psa 22:1  For the choir director; upon Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning.

Psa 21:13  Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength! We will sing and praise your power.