Category Archives: Proverbs

Sunday in Proverbs ~ Remembering Mother

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Proverbs 2

6 For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

7 He holds victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,

8 for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.

Mother in 1936 (she was 16)


Those verses describe my mother. She was born 24 August 1920 and left this world behind 20 September 1996. We had “lost” her a few years earlier to Alzheimer’s Disease.

Before her first birthday, her family moved from Michigan to Washington, where she started school. In 1927, they returned to Michigan. That’s where she lived the rest of her life.

She was mostly a stay-at-home mom. However, she worked in a factory during WWII while dad was in the Air Corp.

While her children were growing up, she was there for them. Later, she worked in a dry cleaner shop operated by a friend.

Her faith was strong and she passed it along to her children. She was a woman of uncompromising integrity. For years, she was the financial secretary in the church where she was a member. Folks trusted her — completely. Perhaps it was because they never heard a word of gossip from her lips. She taught us the meaning of “closed mouthed.”

I am thankful that I see part of her in me. She gave me so much more than half her DNA. Thank God for Mother.

Sunday in Proverbs

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Proverbs 2


1 My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,

2 turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding,

3 and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,

4 and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,

5 then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.

6 For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Sunday ~ Proverbs

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Chapter 1

20-23 Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares. She cries out in the chief concourses, At the openings of the gates in the city She speaks her words: “ How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge. Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.
[NKJV]

Proverbs ~ Back to the Beginning Ch 1

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1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:

2 for attaining wisdom and discipline;
for understanding words of insight;

3 for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life,
doing what is right and just and fair;

4 for giving prudence to the simple,
knowledge and discretion to the young-

5 let the wise listen and add to their learning,
and let the discerning get guidance-

6 for understanding proverbs and parables,
the sayings and riddles of the wise.

7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs on Keeping Silent

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Proverbs 18:13

He who answers before listening—
that is his folly and his shame.

Proverbs 17:27, 28

A man of knowledge uses words with restraint,
and a man of understanding is even-tempered.
Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent,
and discerning if he holds his tongue.

Sunday in Proverbs ~ Gossip

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Gossip is deadly whether as a noun or as a verb. The wise individual does not participate in gossip — even as a listener. Here are some things that King Solomon had to say about gossip in the book of Proverbs:

11:13 A gossip betrays a confidence,
but a trustworthy man keeps a secret.

17:9 He who covers over an offense promotes love,
but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

18:8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to a man’s inmost parts.

20:19 A gossip betrays a confidence;
so avoid a man who talks too much.

Sunday in Proverbs

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Proverbs 6

16 There are six things the LORD hates,
seven that are detestable to him:

17 haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,

18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,

19 a false witness who pours out lies
and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers

Sunday in Proverbs

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Proverbs 6

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!

7 It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,

8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.

9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?

10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest-

11 and poverty will come on you like a bandit
and scarcity like an armed man.

Sunday ~ Proverbs

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The Bible teaches the value of a work ethic. Here’s a tale of a lesson learned as told in translation and in a modern rendering of a portion of Proverbs 24.

30 I went past the field of the sluggard,
past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment;

31 thorns had come up everywhere,
the ground was covered with weeds,
and the stone wall was in ruins.

32 I applied my heart to what I observed
and learned a lesson from what I saw:

33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest-

34 and poverty will come on you like a bandit
and scarcity like an armed man.

— NIV


One day I walked by the field of an old lazybones,
and then passed the vineyard of a lout;
They were overgrown with weeds,
thick with thistles, all the fences broken down.
I took a long look and pondered what I saw;
the fields preached me a sermon and I listened:
“A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there,
sit back, take it easy—do you know what comes next?
Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life,
with poverty as your permanent houseguest!”

— The Message.

Sunday ~ Proverbs

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I’m sorry, but there are no graphics today. I have to rebuild the software and data files on my main computer. Restore did not work. It will be a painful process, but with persistence things should be back to normal (or better) soon.

Once again the spotlight falls on the Proverbs. Two verses for you today:

25:27 It is not good to eat too much honey,
nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.

27:2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
someone else, and not your own lips.

Or as my mother used to say, “Don’t toot your own horn.” She was a wise woman. Ask any of her children.

God bless and have a wonderful Sunday.