Have you read the user manual?

aDailyProverb | 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 [...]

Does the Bible contradict itself?

John Alan Turner | 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 [...]

Are you a better carpenter than Jesus?

aDailyProverb | February 24, 2010

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;
Proverbs 24:3 NIV

Is that your final answer?

Jonathan Crosby | 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 [...]

Strength during and after the strom

aDailyProverb | 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

How common is common sense?

Chris Riehl | December 2, 2009

All wisdom comes from the Lord , and so do common sense and understanding.
Proverbs 2:6 CEV
 

 
When I think of the dumbest things I have done in my life, in almost every situation just a bit of common sense would have made me avoid them. When we want to do something we will find justification to [...]

How do you get your wisdom?

Chris Riehl | November 24, 2009

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;
Proverbs 24:3 NIV
 
This is one of my favorite Proverbs. Now I admit that I have a habit of saying, that is one of my favorite Proverbs. With so many verses in Proverbs that I either relate it to something in my own life [...]