Honor belongs to the person who ends a dispute, but any fool can get himself into a quarrel. (20:3) The one who guards his mouth and tongue keeps himself out of trouble. (21:23) The book of Proverbs is a rich treasure chest of wisdom about some of the most every Read more…
1 Chronicles 10-14 CSB When they came to Chidon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to hold the ark because the oxen had stumbled. Then the Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him dead because he had reached out to the ark. So he died there in the presence Read more…
1 Timothy 4-6 CSB Don’t let anyone despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity. Until I come, give your attention to public reading, exhortation, and teaching. (4:12-13) These few verses from 1 Timothy are what the Read more…
Jesus responded to them, “My Father is still working, and I am working also.” This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill him: Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal to God. 5:17-18 It Read more…
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time. (17:17) A man who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. (18:22) We need other people. Today, I heard someone speak on the self-sufficiency of God and how He Read more…
1 Timothy 1-3 CSB This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them. But I received mercy for this reason, so that in me, the worst of them, Christ Jesus might demonstrate his extraordinary patience Read more…
Daniel 1-6 CSB So Daniel went and asked the king to give him some time, so that he could give the king the interpretation. Then Daniel went to his house and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah about the matter, urging them to ask the God of the heavens Read more…
Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea and all that fills it resound. Let the fields and everything in them celebrate. Then all the trees of the forest will shout for joy before the Lord, for he is coming—for he is coming to judge the Read more…
The land is not to be permanently sold because it is mine, and you are only aliens and temporary residents on my land. (25:23) God had promised to give His children a land that they could call home. He delivered them from 400 years of slavery and oppression and brought Read more…
2 Thessalonians 1-3 In fact, when we were with you, this is what we commanded you: “If anyone isn’t willing to work, he should not eat.” For we hear that there are some among you who are idle. They are not busy but busybodies. Now we command and exhort such Read more…