Scripture Reading: Proverbs 15:27-29 Proverbs 15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house; but he that hates gifts shall live. Family counselors tell us that the most common disruptions in marriage usually involve the issue of finances. This comes as no surprise to those of us who live in the wealthiest, [...]
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 15:24-26 Proverbs 15:24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. This verse is where the phrase “I’ll take the high road and you’ll take the low road” comes from. The connotations are manifold. What is under the ground is degraded and cursed, [...]
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 15:21-23 Proverbs 15:21-23 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walks uprightly. Occasionally, a man who loves God will find himself at a drunken party where men and women are engaging in licentious, riotous activity. The godly man sees nothing attractive in the foolishness. [...]
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 15:18-20 Proverbs 15:18 A wrathful man stirs up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeases strife. Within churches and communities, there are some who are peacemakers, and there are others who are the peace breakers. Those characterized by peace breaking are toxic to the community, and usually they are [...]
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 15:16-17 Proverbs 15:16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. Just as God’s Word dictates our ethics in terms of right and wrong, it also dictates which ethics are of priority. If one thing is better than another, it is to be preferred, [...]
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 15:13-15 Proverbs 15:13 A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. Operating as the control center of a man or woman, the heart is the very core of being, the fountain of human motivation and the source of human love, faith, and [...]
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 15:10 Proverbs 15:10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsakes the way: and he that hates reproof shall die. This verse introduces one of the more perplexing mysteries in this book of Wisdom. How can one who is in the way forsake the way, without “losing his salvation”? This calls into [...]
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 15:8-9 Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is His delight. Do wicked people worship God? Since Cain brought a sacrifice of his produce to God, wicked people have walked into the temples and churches of this earth with [...]
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 15:6 Proverbs 15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. Money is power, and money funneled into the wrong hands will yield the power to bring about unspeakable devastation to societies (reference Prov. 29:2). This explains what is going on [...]
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 15:3 Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. The existentialist-philosopher, Jean-Paul Sartre didn’t want his conscience interrupting his apostasy from the Christian faith. Tired of God watching him constantly, Sartre remarked, “I collared the Holy Spirit in the basement and threw [...]
