Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the well-spring of life. (Proverbs 4:23) He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be kept safe. (Proverbs 28:26) My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways. (Proverbs 23:26) On February 14 of …
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Do not join with those who drink too much wine, or gorge themselves on meat; for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags. (Proverbs 23:20- 21) The late Dr. Armand Nicoli was an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. As he looked back on …
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Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm. (Proverbs 4:26) Ears that hear and eyes that see, the Lord has made them both. (Proverbs 20:12) It was horrific! A motorcyclist was speeding toward my car at about fifty miles an hour when I first saw him, and there was no …
Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths. Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng. Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death. (Proverbs 7:25- 27) For the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of …
Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. (Proverbs 27:6) He who rebukes a man will in the end gain more favor than he who has a flattering tongue. (Proverbs 28:23) Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you. (Proverbs …
A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit. (Proverbs 15:13) The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. (Isaiah 3:9) As water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man. (Proverbs 27:19) Comedian George Burns said of entertainment, …
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The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. (Proverbs 22:7) The wicked borrow and do not repay. (Psalm 37:21a) If you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge for another…go and humble yourself; press your plea with your neighbor…free yourself. (Proverbs 6:1-5, …
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Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips. (Proverbs 27:2) It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor. (Proverbs 25:27) My godly father had an expression which pretty much “nailed it” in describing people who are filled …
A happy heart makes the face cheerful. (Proverbs 15:13a) A cheerful heart is good medicine. (Proverbs 17:22a) Someone has said, “Everybody lights up a room—some by entering and others by leaving.” One would think that Christians, of all people, would light up a room by entering. Yet a friend of mine is convinced that some …
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The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. (Proverbs 11:3) The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires. (Proverbs 11:6) If they say, “Come along with us; let’s waylay some harmless soul…,” my son, do not go along with them; do …