Author Archives: david

Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge, for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. That your trust may… →

The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the traitor. The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!” The mouth of forbidden[c] women is a deep pit; he with whom the Lord is angry… →

The rich rules over the poor,     and the borrower is the slave of the lender. Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,     and the rod of his fury will fail. Whoever has a bountiful[b] eye will be blessed,     for he shares his bread with the… →

Train up a child in the way he should go;     even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 There is a sense in which a child does not ‘have it in him’ to live properly,… →

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 This is an immensely important verse for parents, and for all who have in any way the… →

A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favour is better than silver or gold. The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the maker of them all. The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the… →

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labour. All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings… →

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the traitor for the upright. It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman. Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man’s dwelling, but a… →

The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked down to ruin. Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered. A gift in secret averts anger, and… →