Tag: Proverbs

The Value of Wisdom and Parental Guidance

The content provides fatherly advice on gaining understanding and wisdom. It emphasizes the value of parental teachings and the benefits of wisdom. It also highlights the joy brought by righteous and wise children to their parents. The message encourages embracing wisdom and honoring parents for a fulfilling life.

post revised May 28, 2024
1 Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
 
2 I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.
 
3 For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother.
 
4 Then he taught me, and he said to me,
“Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live.
 

5 Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them.

 

6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.

 
St. Augustine quote
graphic from Lightstock.com
 
 
 
Proverbs 23 NIV
22 Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
 

23 Buy the truth and do not sell it— wisdom, instruction and insight as well.

 

24 The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.

 
25 May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!
 
 
 
 

from Proverbs 5 NIV

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“bold as a lion”- Weekend words from Proverbs

encouragement to be generous, law abiding and just- from Proverbs

Proverbs 28, New International Version 

1 The wicked flee though no one pursues,
but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
 4 Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,
but those who heed it resist them.
5 Evildoers do not understand what is right,
but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.
8 Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor
amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.
 10 Whoever leads the upright along an evil path
will fall into their own trap,
but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.
 12 When the righteous triumph, there is great elation;
but when the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding.
13 Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper,
but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

man with hands folded in prayer
14 Blessed is the one who always trembles before God, but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble. photo from Lightstock

14 Blessed is the one who always trembles before God,
but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.
 18 The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,
but the one whose ways are perverse will fall into the pit.
 25 The greedy stir up conflict,
but those who trust in the Lord will prosper.
26 Those who trust in themselves are fools,
but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.
27 Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,
but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.

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