PROVERB OF THE WEEK

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runs into it, and is safe (Proverbs 18:10). The name of a person represents his character and personhood. And the name here refers to the Second Person of the Godhead YE SHU AH, the preincarnate Jesus whose name means deliverance and salvation, and concerns … Continue reading →

Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom. Will you set your eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings (Proverbs 23:4,5). False prophets abound who declare a ‘prosperity gospel.’ Such are teaching what Satan, the god of this world, would have seekers after God believe. It is totally … Continue reading →

Who has woe?…Who has contentions?…Who has redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine: they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not on the wine when it is red…at the last I bites like a serpent…Your eyes shall behold adulterous women and your heart shall utter perverse things. Yes, you shall be … Continue reading →

Chasten your son while there is hope: and let not your soul spare for his crying (Prov 19:18). Disciplining children at a young age while opportunity still exists for molding their lives is increasingly neglected in this age of permissiveness. Parents are in a major part responsible for the consequences which result because of the failure to … Continue reading →

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come (Prov 26:2). An undeserved curse does not come upon a person without cause. It is likened to a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow which flies about without landing in absence of a cause. This is in harmony with … Continue reading →

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD (Prov 21:31). While we prepare for battle, whatever the enemy, it is critical to remember our warfare is not with what our natural senses suggest. As Paul stresses, our battle is with spiritual forces of evil in heavenly realms (Eph 6:12).  … Continue reading →

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes: but the LORD weighs the motives. Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts will be established (Prov 15:2,3). Paul describes the new covenant as the ministry of the Holy Spirit in contrast to the ministry of the law (2 Cor 3:9). … Continue reading →

Harsh discipline is for him who forsakes the way, and he who hates correction will die. Hell and Destruction are before the LORD; so how much more the hearts of men? (Prov 15:10,11). This follows the previous proverb and emphasizes the serious nature of rejection the counsel of God and choosing to walk in ways … Continue reading →

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight. The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but He loves him who follows righteousness (Prov 15:8,9). The Hebrew translated as “abomination” literally means something disgusting. It is why we are told … Continue reading →

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. A wrathful man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger allays contention (Prov 15:1,18). Strife and anger never represent the ways of God, and we are always admonished to do whatever is necessary to avoid promoting such. The footsteps … Continue reading →