Monthly Archives: September 2021

Alcohol Distorts Your Inhibitions – Proverbs 23:34

Alcohol Distorts Your Inhibitions
Proverbs 23:34 (NIV)

34 You will be like one sleeping on the high seas,
lying on top of the rigging.

Proverbs Club Commentary

Rumor has it that I imbibed in my Navy years.
I had been at the top of the rigging, too.
But never at the same time.
Restrain your consumption of alcohol.

#sleeping #high_seas #seas #lying #top_of_the_rigging #rigging

Proverbs Strengthen Trust In The Lord – Proverbs 22:17

Proverbs Strengthen Trust In The Lord
Proverbs 22:17 (NIV)

17 Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;
apply your heart to what I teach,

18 for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
and have all of them ready on your lips.

19 So that your trust may be in the Lord,
I teach you today, even you.

Proverbs Club Commentary

Scrutinizing Proverbs Enhances Trust In The Lord.
Plant them in your mind and heart.
Speak them in your conversations.
Even you.

#pay_attention #sayings_of_the_wise #The_Lord #even_you #ear #teach #pleasing #heart #lips #trust #Lord #today

Personal Gratification Precludes Affluence – Proverbs 21:17

Personal Gratification Precludes Affluence
Proverbs 21:17 (NIV)

17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.

Proverbs Club Commentary

How much is a cup of K-Cup coffee?
How much is a cup of BuckyStars?
How much per Week? Month? Year?
What good could you do with the difference?

#loves #pleasure #poor #wine #olive_oil #never #rich

Fraud Victimizes The Hoaxer – Proverbs 20:17

Fraud Victimizes The Hoaxer
Proverbs 20:17 (NIV)

17 Food gained by fraud tastes sweet,
but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.

Proverbs Club Commentary

Deception seems profitable, but ends in failure.

#gained_by_fraud #gained #fraud #mouth_full_of_gravel #food #tastes #sweet #mouth #gravel

Discipline Builds Awareness To Consequence – Proverbs 19:18

Discipline Builds Awareness To Consequence
Proverbs 19:18 (NIV)

18 Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;
do not be a willing party to their death.

Proverbs Club Commentary
Discipline instills self-control and self-restraint.

#discipline #children #willing party #willing #hope #party #death