Choose Knowledge Or Ignorance
Proverbs 13:16 (NIV)
16 All who are prudent act with knowledge,
but fools expose their folly.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Knowledge guides the wise.
Ignorance exposes the fool.
Monthly Archives: July 2021
Fools Are Easily Provoked – Proverbs 12:16
Fools Are Easily Provoked
Proverbs 12:16 (NIV)
16 Fools show their annoyance at once,
but the prudent overlook an insult.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Only fools are quickly triggered.
Remain composed when offended.
Ignore insignificant remarks.
Receive Honor Or Riches – Proverbs 11:16
Receive Honor Or Riches
Proverbs 11:16
16 A kindhearted woman gains honor,
but ruthless men gain only wealth.
Proverbs Club Commentary
A gracious woman is praised.
A man of no mercy is cursed with mammon.
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22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him,
“You still lack one thing.
Sell everything you have and give to the poor,
and you will have treasure in heaven.
Then come, follow me.”
23 When he heard this, he became very sad,
because he was very wealthy.
24 Jesus looked at him and said,
“How hard it is for the rich
to enter the kingdom of God!”
Luke 18:22-24 (NIV)
Choose Your Wages – Proverbs 10:16
Choose Your Wages
Proverbs 10:16 (NIV)
16 The wages of the righteous is life,
but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.
Proverbs Club Commentary
To The Godly: everlasting life.
The wicked? Death.
Adulteress Path Is To The Realm Of The Dead – Proverbs 9:18
Adulteress Path Is To The Realm Of The Dead
Proverbs 9:18 (NIV)
18 But little do they know that the dead are there,
that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.
Proverbs Club Commentary
The adulteress must be avoided at all costs.
She is closely tied to the grave and beyond.
