Proverbs 17:22, in our reading plan today: A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Chuck Swindoll: To which I shout a hearty “Amen!” having been around many a broken spirit with dried-up bones in my lifetime. My plea is not that we read the comics, watch mindless sitcoms, … More Relishing life more as our confidence in the sovereign Lord grows
August 25 Proverbs 17:15-28 (ESV) 15 He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord. 16 Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense? 17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. 18 One … More August 25 Proverbs 17:15-28
In our Bible reading plan today, we come to Proverbs 17:3 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts. God tests us, tests our hearts. Repeatedy in the Bible, we read that HE refines us, tests us, just as precious metals are refined to remove impurities. Read … More The Lord tests hearts
August 24 Proverbs 17:1-14 (ESV) 17:1 Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting [1] with strife. 2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers. 3 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and … More August 24 Proverbs 17:1-14
“The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.”— Proverbs 16:33 “God’s dice always have a lucky roll,” said Sophocles, one of classical Athens’ three great tragic playwrights. Here’s what Charles H. Spurgeon has to say, in Morning and Evening: If the disposal of the lot is the … More The events of our lives are in His hands
August 23 Proverbs 16:17-33 (ESV) 17 The highway of the upright turns aside from evil; whoever guards his way preserves his life. 18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. 19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud. 20 Whoever gives thought … More August 23 Proverbs 16:17-33
A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. —Proverbs 16:9 (included in our Bible reading plan today) Haddon Robbinson: Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans. Our lives are subject to detours and corrections that we never expected or imagined. Abraham and Sarah could testify to … More Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.
August 22 Proverbs 16:1-16 (ESV) 16:1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. 2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit. 3 Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. 4 The Lord … More August 22 Proverbs 16:1-16
The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor. —Proverbs 15:33 (in our Bible reading plan for today) C.H. Spurgeon: When a man is sincerely humble, and never ventures to touch so much as a grain of the praise, there is scarcely any limit to what God will do for … More The sauce of humility
August 21 Proverbs 15:18-33 (ESV) 18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention. 19 The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway. 20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother. … More August 21 Proverbs 15:18-33
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