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Category Archives: Proverbs
Don’t Get Too Comfortable
“When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you; and put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite. Do not desire his delicacies for they are deceptive food” … Continue reading
Posted in food, Hospitality, Money, Priorities, Proverbs
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The Fruit of Your Words
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit” (Proverbs 18:21). The tongue has power. (1) It has power to harm and kill. Consider the following from the book of … Continue reading
Posted in food, Proverbs, Tongue
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A Lion is Outside
“The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!” (Proverbs 22:13). “The lazy man says, ‘There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion in the streets!’ As a door turns on … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Proverbs
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Pigs with Gold Rings
“As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a lovely woman who lacks discretion” (Proverbs 11:22). The book of Proverbs contains many wise sayings, that set forth advice and general truths for life. These are designed to … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Marriage, Proverbs
Tagged angry woman, animals, beauty skin deep, better to dwell, character matters, contentious woman, discretion, excellent wife, figure of speech, gold rings, lipstick on a pig, physical beauty and charm, pigs, Proverbs 11:22, Proverbs 12:4, Proverbs 21:19, Proverbs 21:9, Proverbs 31:10, simile, swine, Virtuous wife
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Dogs and Pigs
“For if, after they have escaped the pollution of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. For … Continue reading
Posted in animals, calvinism, Proverbs, Sin, Textual study
Tagged 2 Peter 2:21-22, adam clarke, animals, apostacy, better to not to have known, calvinism, degrees of punishment, difficult to bring back, dogs, entangled again, escape pollution of world, filth of sin, guy n.woods, Hebrews 10:26-29, Hebrews 6:4-6, knowledge, latter end worse, Luke 12:42-46, midrash, much given much expected, orphah and ruth, overcome by sin, pigs, Proverbs 26:11, return to mire, return to vomit, sinful nature, turn from holy commandments, willful sin
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Four Exceedingly Wise Creatures: The Spider (or Lizard)
“The spider skillfully grasps with its hands, and it is in kings’ palaces” (Proverbs 30:28). Translations differ on what animal is intended. Some translations think that the spider is intended (KJV, NKJV). Other translations think that the lizard is intended … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Dedication, Proverbs
Tagged abigail abrams, animals, ants, asv, determination, esv, gecko, infestation in white house, kings' palaces, kjv, lizards, Luke 13:23-254, lxx, Matthew 7:13-14, mice, nasb, niv, nkjv, persistence, Proverbs 30:28, semamith, septuagint, spiders, thomas seals, time.com, translation problems, widom for the ages, Wisdom, wise, wish or desire not enough
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Four Exceedingly Wise Creatures: The Locusts
“The locusts have no king, yet they all advance in ranks” (Proverbs 30:27). Locusts are grasshoppers. All locusts are grasshoppers, but not all grasshoppers are locusts. Grasshoppers are usually solitary creatures. However, weather, such as droughts and floods, and other … Continue reading
Posted in animals, History, Proverbs
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Four Exceedingly Wise Creatures: The Rock Badgers
“The rock badgers are a feeble folk, yet they make their homes in the crags” (Proverbs 30:26). Do not be confused by the word “badger” being a part of this creature’s name. This is not the pugnacious fighter many associate … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Proverbs
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Four Exceedingly Wise Creatures: The Ants
“The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer” (Proverbs 30:25). An individual ant does not appear to be very strong. Most are less than ½ inch long. Yet, they survive in abundance. One … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Proverbs
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