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In Proverbs, chapter eight, verse thirty-six, wisdom is often personified in the book of Proverbs. People who despise God’s wisdom end up tragically harming themselves and, even if unintentionally, “loving” death. Today, we see this in acts of suicide and with abortion and euthanasia. The world sings about death and violence and flirts with mortality […]

In Proverbs, chapter seven, verses one through twenty-seven, once more, Proverbs warns against sexual sins committed in the name of love, as in verse eighteen, emphasizing their disastrous results, as in verses twenty-five to twenty-seven, “Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many

In Proverbs, chapter six, verses thirty-two through thirty-three, God’s covenant children who commit adultery will experience lingering disgrace and regret; moreover, their reproach will never go away. Adultery is a grave sin before God, as in Second Samuel twelve, verses nine to ten, and against the innocent partner who is a victim of deception. Though

In Proverbs, chapter six, verse twenty, this book places supreme value upon the family. A family consists of a father and a mother, with a child or children. Both parents must share in the spiritual training of their children, as in Proverbs one, verses eight through nine, and chapter four, verses one to five, respectively.

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