With Jack Bailey
Scripture Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. ~Proverbs 16:18 Quote “It was pride that changed an angel into a devil.” ~Augustine I bought three new commentaries on Proverbs and all three were very expensive. Only one of the three is a verse by verse commentary, the other two deal with themes…
Scripture Everyone enjoys giving good advice, and how wonderful is it to be able to say the right thing at the right time. ~Proverbs 15:23, TLB Quote The people who are wise enough to give good advice are usually wise enough to keep their mouth shut. ~Andrew Philpot When I read today’s verse, I turned…
Scripture Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted calf with hatred. ~Proverbs 15:17, NKJV Quote Marriage is not the problem, selfishness is the problem. ~Ray Comfort Kenneth Taylor says, “It is better to have a bowl of soup with someone you love than a steak with someone you don’t love.” Ray Comfort thinks…
Scripture A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. Proverbs 15:13, NKJV Quote A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength. ~Solomon I’ve always understood the Proverbs to be random sayings on unrelated subjects but my thinking was flawed. The Proverbs…
Scripture Lazy people irritate their employers, like vinegar to the teeth or smoke in the eyes. ~Proverbs 10:26, NLT Quote Laziness could run a competitive race for the most underrated sin. ~David Wyrtzen Moses was not only a law giver, he was prophet. Three hundred years before the fact, he predicted the Israelites would asks…
Scripture Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing. Proverbs 9:13, NIV Quote The wise learn from their mistakes. The foolish merely repeat them. ~Michael Novak Solomon’s Lady Wisdom has an adversary, its Lady Folly. Both have houses at the intersection and both are calling out to those who pass. Wisdom is encouraging…
Scripture “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!” ~Proverbs 9:4, NASB Quote People everywhere enjoy believing things they know are not true. It spares them the effort of thinking, deciding for themselves and being responsible. {In other words, it gives them an excuse} ~Brooks Atkinson Whereas Proverbs 9 speaks of the contrast between wisdom and…
Scripture Does not wisdom call out? At the highest point along the way…she takes her stand…at the entrance, she cries aloud. ~Proverbs 8:1-3, NIV Quote “Many men know a great deal but are no wiser for it. To know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.” ~Charles H. Spurgeon Solomon personifies WISDOM as a woman.…
Scripture To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. ~Proverbs 8:13, NIV Quote If the other planets are inhabited, they must be using earth as their insane asylum. ~George Bernard Shaw Some years ago a Country Music singer {Billy Currington} had a song entitled: “God is great, beer is good…
Scripture My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you. Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. ~Proverbs 7:1-2, NIV Quote Do not bite the bait of pleasure until you know there is no hook beneath it. ~Thomas Jefferson Young people have a lot to deal with…