Monthly Archives: December 2020

Eating The Fruit Of Your Actions – Proverbs 1:30-31

Eating The Fruit Of Your Actions
Proverbs 1:30-31

30 Since they would not accept my advice
and spurned my rebuke,
31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.

NIV

PCDC Commentary

If you reject the wisdom and conviction of God,
you will suffer the results of your actions.

Alcohol For The Perishing – Proverbs 31:6

Alcohol For The Perishing
Proverbs 31:6

6 Let beer be for those who are perishing,
wine for those who are in anguish!

7 Let them drink and forget their poverty
and remember their misery no more.

NIV

PCDC Commentary

Beer and wine can temporarily
relieve the anguish and misery of the poor.
Let them drink in peace.
Bottoms Up!

Two Daughters Of The Leech – Proverbs 30:15[a]

Two Daughters Of The Leech
Proverbs 30:15[a]

15 “The leech has two daughters.
‘Give! Give!’ they cry.

NIV

PCDC Commentary

Classically speaking:
The leech is a blood-sucker.
The two daughters are Avarice and Ambition.
Avarice is Covetousness or Greed.
Ambition is self-centered desire to accomplish something.

Avoid surrendering to Avarice or Ambition.

Contentious Fool – Proverbs 29:9

Contentious Fool
Proverbs 29:9

9 If a wise person goes to court with a fool,
the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.

NIV

PCDC Commentary

A contentious fool destroys the neutrality of the court.
A reasonable argument avoids contention.

Support Your Nuclear Family – Proverbs 27:8

Support Your Nuclear Family
Proverbs 27:8

8 Like a bird that flees its nest
is anyone who flees from home.

NIV

PCDC Commentary

Deserting your family is cowardly and foolish.
God designed the nuclear family
as the foundation of society.