Do you procrastinate overcoming procrastination?
Posted By aDailyProverb on March 6, 2010
Don’t procrastinate— there’s no time to lose.
Proverbs 6:4 MSG The Message
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Posted By aDailyProverb on March 1, 2010
A manual for living, for learning what’s right and just and fair;
Proverbs 1:3 The Message MSG
Proverbs is the manual, instruction, and direction for living.
Proverbs teach wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. Reading a chapter of Proverbs every day will change your life. After all you will be reading the manual for life. Every day we will focus on a verse from the chapter for that day. You can reveive the daily Proverbs verse by email, twitter, facebook, or on the aDailyProverb homepage.
Comment or post your thoughts or experiences as we work through The Book of Proverbs daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly. If you already read a Proverbs chapter a day, let’s hit the reset button and start a new month. If this is going to be your first month reading a chapter a day, get ready for the changes The Lord is going to make in your life in just one short month!
Here are some other Bible versions of Proverbs 1:3
- To receive instruction in wise dealing, ASV
- for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair; NIV
- Receive instruction in wise dealing and the discipline of wise thoughtfulness, righteousness, justice, and integrity, AMP
- To receive the instruction of wisdom, Justice, judgment, and equity; NKJV
- Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just, and fair. NLT
- To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;KJV
- You will learn what is right and honest and fair. CEV
Who gives you a thumbs up?
Posted By Chris Riehl on February 27, 2010
Don’t brag about yourself— let others praise you.
Proverbs 27:2 CEV
Who gives you a thumbs up?
How great does it feel when somebody gives you praise? It feels even better when we don’t have to ask or throw hints for praise. The greatest praise will come from God and not man.
It’s frustrating when we put a lot of time and effort into something and nobody seems to notice. If the thumbs up we are looking for doesn’t come within the time we think it should, we start to ask people what do they think of the work we did? Now the problem here becomes we really are only looking for one answer. We are not looking for suggestions, constructive criticism, or what they like or don’t like. We want some praise. Directing people toward praise is no different than praising yourself.
Most of the time when we are searching for praise, we are looking for praise from people, instead of God. If we are living to get praise from people, then we will only get praise from people. Focusing on the admiration from man leads people away from The Lord. John talked about this very thing (more…)
Does the Bible contradict itself?
Posted By John Alan Turner on February 26, 2010
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.
Proverbs 26:4 NIV
Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26:5 NIV
In one verse, the Bible says, “Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself” (Proverbs 26:4).
In the very next verse we read, “Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes” (Proverbs 26:5).
These two verses are often used to disprove the inspiration of the Bible. After all, it would appear to be a blatant contradiction. In one verse it says we should not answer a fool; the very next sentence tells us we should answer a fool. Which is it?
I’ve read a few different answers to this — many good thoughts. The best explanation I’ve found is that there is simply no winning with a fool. If you allow yourself to be drawn into an argument with a fool, you may be brought down to his level. Fools tend to use anger and rudeness in their arguments. They speak without thinking first. They have no humility and are not concerned with truth as much as they are concerned with vindication. To use such tactics is foolish, and arguing with a fool prompts me to respond in kind. I cannot afford to fall into the fool’s trap.
However, we are told in the next proverb to answer a fool in order to prevent him from thinking he is wise when he is not. A fool believes that your silence is an admission of defeat — thus confirming him in his folly. Unfortunately, when that happens, his behavior has been reinforced and others may follow suit.
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Are you a better carpenter than Jesus?
Posted By aDailyProverb on February 24, 2010
By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;
Proverbs 24:3 NIV
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Is that your final answer?
Posted By Jonathan Crosby on February 23, 2010
An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
Proverbs 24:26 NIV
Excellent speech, appropriate answers, and words of truth are wonderful things. Good men perceive and respect such wise use of language. They will love the man who answers matters well with sound lips. Here is a goal for prudent men – excellent speech.
The tongue and lips – the faculty of speech – are potent tools for good or evil. In many proverbs and elsewhere in the Bible, men are warned against misuse of the tongue and encouraged to wise use of it (10:19; 12:18; 15:4; 18:21; Jas 1:19; 3:2-10).
One of the most direct routes to wisdom and godliness is learning excellent speech. For speech is the quickest and clearest evidence of a fool (17:28; 18:7; Eccl 5:3). But good words and answers are as beautiful as fine art (10:20; 25:11).
A wise man by the noble use of his mouth can feed many (15:4,23; 10:21). And good men love those who speak well (12:14; 16:13; 22:11; Job 6:25). By the little context we have here, we see the emphasis on the beauty of judges giving right answers (24:23-25).
Excellent speech is not by accident. It is by diligent use of Solomon’s rules. Excellent speech requires preparation (15:28), hesitation (25:8), humiliation (26:12), limitation (17:27), discretion (26:4-5), certain words of truth (22:21), and graciousness (22:11).
Paul would say…,
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Strength during and after the strom
Posted By aDailyProverb on February 10, 2010
When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever.
Proverbs 10:25 NIV
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more : but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Proverbs 10:25 KJV