The Proverbs
This Tuesday we are studying Proverbs in my Scriptures II class. So in preparation I just read all 31 chapters. What's even more amazing is that I only took short break for dinner in the middle. I loved reading this book! I actually can't believe I had never read through it before.
The fear of the lord is the beginning of knowledge 1:7a
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. 4:18
Keep straight the path of your feet, and all your ways will be sure. 4:26
Keep my commandments and live, keep my teachings as the apple of your eye; bind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart 7:2-3
some give freely, yet grow all the richer; others withhold what is due, and only suffer want. 11:24
Anxiety weighs down the human heart, but a good word cheers it up. The righteous gives good advice to friends, but the way of the wicked leads astray 12:25-26
In the path of righteousness there is life, in walking its path there is no death. 12:28
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. 13:12
In all toil there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. 14:23
Wisdom is at home in the mind of one who has understanding 14:33a
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good 15:3
He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord. 18:22
(I think I will write this one out for Steven and place it on his bathroom mirror so It's the first thing he reads every day, haha!)
Some friends play at friendship but a true friend sticks closer than one's nearest kin. 18:24
The fear of the Lord is life indeed; filled with it one rests secure and suffers no harm. 19:23
Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread. 20:13
(It should be a requirement for all grad students to memorize this verse!)
The rich and the poor have this in common: the Lord is the maker of them all. 22:2
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 24:3-4
Just as water reflects the face, so one human heart reflects another. 27:19
(I might like this one the best)
The evil do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely. 28:5
Many seek the favor of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one gets justice. 29:26
Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. 30:5
give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that I need, or I shall be full, and deny you, and say, "who is the Lord?" or I shall be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God. 30:8b-9
speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. 31:9
(A great proof text for social work)
And by far my new favorite verse...
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without good sense. 11:22
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awesome!!!
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