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Read Proverbs 24 Featured Verse: Proverbs 24:11-12, MSG “Rescue the perishing; don’t hesitate to step in and help. If you say, ‘Hey, that’s none of my business,’ will that get you off the hook? Someone is watching you closely, you know—Someone not impressed with weak excuses.” In the very first [...]
Read Proverbs 23 Featured Verse: Proverbs 23:18 “There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.” What other religion can make the promise of a certain future for you? What government or president or member of congress or politician can guarantee the hope [...]
Read Proverbs 22 Featured Verse: Proverbs 22:4 “Humility is the fear of the LORD; its wages are riches and honor and life.” St Augustine said, “If you plan to build a tall house of virtues, you must first lay deep foundations of humility.” Humility—the most under-appreciated and neglected of all [...]
Read Proverbs 21 Featured Verse: Proverbs 21:3 (NLT) “The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer him sacrifices.” Over and again the thought captured in this proverb is repeated throughout Scripture, so much so that it is readily apparent this is [...]
Read Proverbs 20 Featured Verse: Proverbs 20:9 “Who can say, ‘I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin’?” A pure heart! Moral cleanliness! A life without sin! I hope one day that I can say, “yep, that’s me!” One day, I hope to be under the [...]
Read Proverbs 19 Featured Verse: Proverbs 19:3 “A man’s own folly ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the Lord.” If you’re a part of the human race (if you’re reading this blog, there’s a good chance you are), you’ve just got that “blame somebody else” gene coiled tight [...]
Read Proverbs 18 Featured Verse: Proverbs 18:9 (MSG) “Slack habits and sloppy work are as bad as vandalism.” When you made the decision to follow Christ, you entered into a binding contract with God Almighty that all of your life would be lived for his glory alone. All of your [...]
Ray Noah
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