Proverbs 6:1-5 6:1-2 — 1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger, 2 if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
[This is the document I passed out in our Sunday School. I have added to it to make it clearer for the reader. It is to be used in conjunction with the lesson I have in the Sunday School hour. … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Proverbs 5:15-23 5:15-17 — 15 Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. 16 Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets? 17 Let them be for yourself alone, and not for … Continue reading... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Proverbs 5:7-14 5:7 — And now, O sons, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth. This section begins another speech addressing the same theme. These are practical words of advice. The words of the … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Proverbs 5 The exhortations in ch. 4 begin to make more sense in the light of chapters 5-7. These repeated pleas to heed the father’s words prepare the son to receive the additional exhortations. The following three chapters address matters …... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Proverbs 4:20-27 4:20-22 — 20 My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. 21 Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. 22 For they are life to those who find … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Proverbs 4:10-19 Two paths are presented to us in these verses: the way of wisdom (vv. 10-13) and the way of the wicked (vv. 14-17). The father/teacher continues his lecture on godliness. 4:10-13 — 10 Hear, my son, and accept … Continue... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Proverbs 4:1-9 This chapter can be divided into three parts. Each section begins with a call to the sons to hear— verse 1 (“Hear, O sons,…”), verse 10 (“Hear, my son, and accept my words…”), and verse 20 (“My son, … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Proverbs 3:13-35 3:13-15 — 13 Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, 14 for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. 15 She is more … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
We know that the man’s chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. Many texts could be produced to prove this well received point.[1] The text 1Cor. 10:31 states, “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
