June 2025

In Proverbs, chapter six, verse six, the sluggard or lazy person is one who pus off beginning what they should do, as in verses nine through ten of this theme chapter. The person who does not finish what they have started, as in Proverbs twelve, verse twenty-seven, follows the least challenging course of action, as […]

In Proverbs, chapter six, verse one, warns about becoming “surety” for a friend as in Proverbs eleven, verse fifteen, chapter seventeen, verse eighteen, and chapter twenty-two, verse twenty-six, which means accepting responsibility for someone’s debt if they fail to pay it. The gesture makes a co-signer’s financial situation dependent upon a friend’s actions and subject

In Proverbs five, verse twenty-one, one reason this book in the Old Testament gives for resisting sexual sins is that God sees and knows our ungodly ways, as in chapter fifteen, verse three, “The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.” Other verses are Job thirty-one, verse four, Job thirty-four,

In Proverbs, chapter five, verse fifteen, a man’s source of affectionate love should be his wife, as in verses eighteen through twenty of this theme chapter. Therefore, no married man or woman should not have or show that fondness for anyone else, as in Exodus twenty, verse seventeen, “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house,

In Proverbs, chapter five, verse fourteen, God’s Word teaches that those who give in to sexual immorality will experience regret and remorse, both in the breakdown of family life and personal suffering. Premarital sex and marital infidelity have deadly consequences, as in verses five and eleven in this theme chapter. What may begin as a

In Proverbs, chapter five, verse three, the book of Proverbs repeatedly warns about the destructiveness of sexual sins. Solomon emphasizes that the pleasures of sexual sins are deceptively attractive. Giving in to them will lead to ruin, as in verses seven through fourteen of this theme chapter. Violations of God’s standards of sexual purity and

In Proverbs, chapter four, verse twenty-three, the heart is a well-spring of desire and decision. Following God and knowing His ways involve a resolute decision to remain committed to Him, seeking His kingdom and righteousness first, as in Matthew six, verse thirty-three. Suppose our hunger and thirst for God and His kingdom are declining. In

In Proverbs, chapter four, verse thirteen, wisdom brings life and is life. To live as God has designed brings a good and joyful life, as in Proverbs fifteen, verses twenty-three and twenty-seven; typically a longer physical life, as in Proverbs four, verse ten, Proverbs three, verse two, and Proverbs nine, verse eleven; and a moral

In Proverbs, chapter four, verse five, the wisdom of God is essential for a meaningful and godly life, as in verses twenty through twenty-two of this theme chapter, and Proverbs three, verses twenty-one to twenty-two. Therefore, we must seek it above all things. However, attaining such wisdom is not easy, for it comes to those

In Proverbs, chapter four, verses one through four, declares, “Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law, for I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. He taught me also and said unto me,