Now, if you read my last Blog and read slowly the words of Proverbs 8:22-36, then you would be excused…
# 422 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 8:22-36 (# 1). Wisdom’s identity.
Personification is a common poetic device used at times in the Scriptures, such as in Isaiah 55:12 as follows: You…
# 421 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 8:12-21. Wisdom’s Benefits
Have you ever been guilty of “shooting yourself in the foot”? Not literally of course, but metaphorically. The idiom means…
# 420 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 8:1-11. A stark contrast!
What a stark contrast from Proverbs 7 to 8! In chapter 7 we have a woman … dressed like a…
# 419 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 7. Warning against ‘Spiritual Adultery.’
I think we get the idea concerning these warnings about adultery, but it seems the author of Proverbs wants to…
# 418 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 6:20-35. The danger of lust, just in case we have not yet understood the message!
I guess you could say that the author of Proverbs understands the subject of human sexuality as very serious, because…
# 417 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 6:1-19. Warning: ‘Go to the ant, you sluggard.’
Life is full of warning signs, literally! You don’t have to drive or walk or go swimming far without seeing…
# 416 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 5:15-23. A far better way!
So far, the father in Proverbs has been painting a fairly negative picture to illustrate the ways of folly and…
# 415 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 5:7-14. If only I had…
Regrets! Ever had them? Ever said to yourself, “If only I had listened to the advice given to me!” or…
# 414 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 5:1-6. ‘When the rubber meets the road!’
In my last post I quoted from Gordon MacDonald’s book, ‘Ordering your Private World.’ (Dar El Kalema Publishing House, 2010).…
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