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

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

Where is your strong tower?

aDailyProverb | December 18, 2009

 
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe.
Proverbs 18:10 NKJV
 
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Proverbs 18:10 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 [...]

Is it your way or God’s way?

Dean Wall | November 21, 2009

No matter how much you know or what plans you make, you can’t defeat the Lord.
Proverbs 21:30 CEV
 
Don’t fight against God and his plans, rejoice in him.
 
PHILIPPIANS 4:4 NIV
4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
 
No matter how bad things are around you, you can always rejoice in the Lord. God [...]