In today’s verses Solomon tells us some ways that the upright person will differ in outcome from the wicked person. Again we see here the righteous person along with the person who thinks and acts wisely before he speaks and the person who thinks before he acts, before he does one thing or another, before he [...]
Why do you suppose it is that Solomon repeats the admonition about how the partaking of Wisdom equals LongLife over and over? It must be very important. Yet so many people stop the quest for wisdom once they leave the formal schooling of their youth.
In Proverbs chapter 9 Solomon introduces Wisdom with many fine [...]
Another instruction from Solomon
We started some weeks ago at Proverbs chapter 1 and now we are up to chapter 7. This Sunday the entire chapter admonishes us to pay attention and remember what we are taught and tells a story about a young man who didn’t listen and went astray to visit a harlot. Rather [...]
A dear friend of mine who follows this Blog recently suggested that I split up my Sunday posts from my weekday posts. The reason behind this request was that if I ever wanted to “monetize” my Blog I would get a greater following without mixing the Scripture with the Science. I’ve put a lot of thought [...]
Another beautiful Sunday morning on the Oregon Coast!
Today’s quote is twice as long as last Sundays, but again, to get the full understanding of the last verse the preceding verses are necessary. Here Solomon instructs us to gain understanding by acquiring wisdom and if we do as he instructs we will live a long life.
Proverbs 4: [...]
Good Sunday morning!
Today’s quote is longer that the past two Sundays in order to get the context of the individual verse. Here we see that if we study and seek wisdom, as apposed to just the acquisition of knowledge, we can expect to, as last Sundays verse revealed, have peace in our long life. Long life [...]
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