Monthly Archives: October 2020

Wisdom Calls Aloud In The Public Square – Proverbs 1:22-27

Wisdom Calls Aloud In The Public Square
Proverbs 1:22-27

22 How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?
How long will mockers delight in mockery
and fools hate knowledge?

23 Repent at my rebuke!
Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
I will make known to you my teachings.

24 But since you refuse to listen when I call
and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,

25 since you disregard all my advice
and do not accept my rebuke,

26 I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you;
I will mock when calamity overtakes you—

27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

New International Version (NIV)

PCDC Commentary

REPENT
You SIMPLE must turn from your simple ways.
You MOCKERS must turn from your mockery.
You FOOLS must turn from your hatred of knowledge.
Repent before disaster overwhelms you.

Alcohol And The Rights Of The Oppressed – Proverbs 31:4-5

Alcohol And The Rights Of The Oppressed
Proverbs 31:4-5

4 It is not for kings, Lemuel—
it is not for kings to drink wine,
not for rulers to crave beer,

5 lest they drink and forget what has been decreed,
and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

New International Version (NIV)

PCDC Commentary

Leaders should not drink alcohol
to insure that they enforce
the rights of the oppressed.

Slandering A Servant – Proverbs 30:10

Slandering A Servant
Proverbs 30:10

10 Do not slander a servant to their master,
or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.

PCDC Commentary

Being cursed
for defaming an employee to the boss
will harm you.

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Justice For The Poor – Proverbs 29:7

Justice For The Poor
Proverbs 29:7

7 The righteous care about justice for the poor,
but the wicked have no such concern.

PCDC Commentary

Not the wicked,
but the righteous,
bring justice to the poor.

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The Blameless Poor Versus The Perverse Rich – Proverbs 28:6

The Blameless Poor Versus The Perverse Rich
Proverbs 28:6

6 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than the rich whose ways are perverse.

PCDC Commentary

The indigent, following the way of the Lord,
shame the recalcitrant rich.

New International Version (NIV)