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Dining With the King

Saying 7 We are moving away from the shorter sayings and into a series of longer ones here. The first 8 verses of Chapter 23 provide an interesting set of instructions. Our saying today is set at the King’s dinner … Continue reading

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Changin Boundaries

Saying 5 Proverbs 23:10 also contains this prohibition. The original law behind this saying is in Deuteronomy 19:14: “Do not move your neighbor’s boundary stone set up by your predecessors in the inheritance you receive in the land the Lord your God … Continue reading

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Read the Fine Print

Saying 4 The Scriptures are more practical than most people realize when it comes to things that come up in real, everyday life; this is another example. Today, we call this “cosigning for a loan” and in my exigence, grown … Continue reading

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Hanging Out with the Wrong Crowd

Saying 3 People are interesting creatures in so many ways, and one of those interesting tendencies that we have is that we tend to mirror the behavior of the people we surround ourselves with. Here’s an example from my own … Continue reading

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The Poor and Needy

Saying 2 As we all know, both the Old and New Testaments tach us to watch out for the poor and needy among us (Exodus 23:6; James 1:27). Even so, many oppress and take advantage of the poor both now … Continue reading

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A New Section: Sayings of the Wise

At this point in our study of the Proverbs, we begin a new section that runs from 22:17 through the end of Chapter 24. This section contains 30 sayings of the wise. These sayings will usually be comprised by 2 … Continue reading

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Your Good Name

Proverbs 22:1-16 This section is all about having a good name. Little has changed since Solomon’s time as far as a good name goes, although in our time we are probably not quite as serious on the subject as our … Continue reading

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A Person and the Lord

To begin chapter 21, we have four verses that deal with the king’s relationship with God. These first two concern the king’s heart. In verse 1, there is an allusion to the ancient method of watering a field. A water … Continue reading

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The Excitement continues…

…as Chapter 21 wraps up. Here, we continue our look at Proverbs 21, with the final six verses. You will no doubt recall that when we left off last week, we were amid a rather large collection of proverbs that … Continue reading

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Our Relationship with God

We now move into a new section that runs from 20:20-21:4 that deals with important relationships, the first of which is the relationship between Humanity and God (20:20-25). 20If someone curses their father or mother,    their lamp will be snuffed out … Continue reading

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