Proverbs 19:26 He that wastes his father, and chases away his mother, is a son that causes shame, and brings reproach. Sadly, there are parents who are afraid of their sons. Chances are that the rebellion began when he was nine years old. His rebellion was ten times worse in his tenth year, and [...]
Proverbs 19:24 A slothful man hides his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. The sluggard is the man who is caught in the horrible condition of perpetual slothfulness. He is held down by velvet chains in a sea of cushions, and it has become [...]
Proverbs 19:22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. Above all things, the most commendable quality in a human being is kindness—or undying, loyal love for others. If a man had courage, strength, and rhetorical abilities that could move entire nations, but had no [...]
Proverbs 19:19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if you deliver him, yet you must do it again. There are men who get angry, and then there is the angry man who is characterized by that sin. Those poor souls that must interact with the angry man find themselves “walking on [...]
Proverbs 19:17 He that has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; and that which he has given will He pay him again. God is very interested in the poor and the helpless. So when somebody else takes a special interest in the poor, naturally, God takes note of it. In fact, this [...]
Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. We turn to the Bible for our ethical perspectives in life, which means that the Bible defines what is sinful and what is evil. What is evil is not necessarily sinful. For example, [...]
Proverbs 19:11 The discretion of a man defers his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. Somebody once said that the last man to get angry in an argument wins. The assumption here is that any form of anger or indignation is always inappropriate, and the person who is not [...]
Proverbs 19:8 He that gets wisdom loves his own soul. He that keeps understanding shall find good. It is amazing how quickly young men are drawn into the company of fools! They sit at the feet of “wise” fools in the university, impressed by their neat rhetorical devices and their ability to turn a [...]
Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. When a young man is controlled by slothfulness, it is as if he has fallen under a spell. In our day, this slothfulness is characterized by the young teen who is addicted to computer games. When he is away [...]
Proverbs 19:6 Many will entreat the favor of the prince, and every man is a friend to him that gives gifts. Everybody wants to get ahead in life. So when a certain person is in control of who gets promoted, that person will be the recipient of many entreaties. People know where the “bread [...]
