The Choice is Your
“Wisdom has built her [spacious and sufficient] house; She has hewn out and set up her seven pillars.2She has prepared her food, she has mixed her wine; She has...
Category: Life
Finding Life
““Now therefore, O sons, listen to me, For blessed [happy, prosperous, to be admired] are they who keep my ways. 33“Heed (pay attention to) instruction and be...
From the Beginning
“The LORD created and possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old [were accomplished] 23“From everlasting I was established and ordained, From the beginning, before the earth...
Good judgment, Moral Courage and Astute Common Sense
““I, [godly] wisdom, reside with prudence [good judgment, moral courage and astute common sense], And I find knowledge and discretion 13“The [reverent] fear and worshipful awe of the LORD includes the...
An Open Mind
““All the words of my mouth are in righteousness (upright, in right standing with God); There is nothing contrary to truth or perverted (crooked) in them. 9“They...
To You I Call
“To you, O men, I call, And my voice is directed to the sons of men. 5“O you naive or inexperienced [who are easily misled], understand prudence and seek astute common...
Are You Listening?
February 13, 2023 “Does not wisdom call, And understanding lift up her voice? 2On the top of the heights beside the way, Where the paths meet, wisdom takes...
The Consequences
“Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger. 31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of...
A Price Too High
“With her many persuasions she caused him to yield; With her flattering lips she seduced him. 22Suddenly he went after her, as an ox goes to the...
Flirting with Disaster
“For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice. 7And among the naive [the inexperienced and gullible], I saw among the youths A young man...