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 [...]

Proverbs 19:4 Wealth makes many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbors.  Sadly enough, impoverished neighborhoods are often the seedbeds of illegitimacy, drug use, and crime. Usually, the rich want to separate themselves from these social settings. Yet it seems that the miserable curses that facilitate the breakdown of character in poor [...]

Proverbs 19:1 Better is the poor that walks in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. There is some blessing to material prosperity, but there are also some things that are more important than riches. Compare the whole lot of rich politicians and international bankers, manipulating the [...]

Proverbs 18:23 The poor uses entreaties; but the rich answers roughly.  The biblical worldview maintains a sharp contrast to the Marxist worldview which dominates most developed nations today. The Marxist finds it morally unacceptable whenever some people possess more wealth than others, and forces equalization through redistribution. From a biblical perspective, however, there is [...]

Proverbs 18:20 A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. The power of the mouth to produce much good in life is beyond your wildest imagination! Of course, the converse is just as true. The tongue is a world [...]

Proverbs 18:18 The lot causes contentions to cease, and parts between the mighty. Some disagreements may be worked out easily. But others can be extremely difficult for many reasons. There may be long-standing animosities, or there may be layers and layers of deceit working throughout the discussions. Or it may be impossible to really [...]

Proverbs 18:15 The heart of the prudent gets knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.  Do you ever get tired of listening to the same sermons and reading the same Bible every day? After ten, twenty, or thirty years of listening to the same Bible, you would think that you have heard [...]

Proverbs 18:13 He that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame unto him.  The scenario is all too common. In the middle of a marital crisis, a wife complains to a counselor or friend about how badly her husband treats her. Of course, the temptation for the counselor is [...]

Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runs into it, and is safe. Every worldview has its theory of sin and salvation. In other words, practically everybody will admit that man has problems and needs to be saved. The disagreement is on how to define man’s basic problem, [...]

Proverbs 18:9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster [destroyer]. During times of prosperity within some societies, there are children who inherit substantial wealth from their parents. In these societies, men and women seek to live the life of leisure. During the breakdown of [...]