Sickness Versus A Crushed Spirit
Proverbs 18:14 (NIV)
14 The human spirit can endure in sickness,
but a crushed spirit who can bear?
Proverbs Club Commentary
Sickness is bearable,
but despair is debilitating.
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Listen Then Answer – Proverbs 18:13
Listen Then Answer
Proverbs 18:13 (NIV)
13 To answer before listening—
that is folly and shame.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Answering,
before hearing all of the information,
is folly that brings shame.
How You Ascend Or Fall – Proverbs 18:12
How You Ascend Or Fall
Proverbs 18:12 (NIV)
12 Before a downfall the heart is haughty,
but humility comes before honor.
Proverbs Club Commentary
In the vernacular:
Pride comes before the fall.
We should add:
Modesty comes before the ascent.
Choose God Or Mammon – Proverbs 18:11
Choose God Or Mammon
Proverbs 18:11
11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;
they imagine it a wall too high to scale.
NIV
Commentary
24 “No one can serve two masters.
Either you will hate the one and love the other,
or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other.
You cannot serve both God and money.
Matthew 6:24 (NIV)
Our Fortified Tower – Proverbs 18:10
Our Fortified Tower
Proverbs 18:10
10 The name of the Lord is a fortified tower;
the righteous run to it and are safe.
NIV
PCDC Commentary
Jesus Christ is our safe haven.
