Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. When I was a child, I watched my dad sharpen steak knives at the kitchen table. He would run the blade across the sharpening rod, back and forth, until the dull knife became sharp...
Proverbs 22:24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered. Anger management is an important theme in Proverbs because it is so important to life. Everyone becomes angry at times, and anger itself is not a sin...
Proverbs 14:31 [W]hoever is kind to the needy honors God. Whenever you see a needy person, God stands by their side to see what you will do. Few things reveal our character more than how we treat those who are in need. My mother was a God fearing...
Proverbs 10:9 Whoever walks in integrity walks securely. The idea of integrity includes honesty, truthfulness, decency, righteousness and trustworthiness. Hananiah is given little space in the Bible, but his character is summarized nicely: he was a man of...
Proverbs 3:9-10 Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine. This is one of the greatest promises of God regarding our money. The...
Proverbs 1:1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel. Solomon was the king of Israel in the tenth century BC, and he made the nation prosperous. God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless...
