One of the objectives of the book of Proverbs is to teach leadership. Solomon lays this out as one of the purposes of the book in the first

In one sense God is saying: If you want to be stately or powerful in your walk as a leader, you must realize how to try and change another p

This is the question of how does a leader stay in power. What are the secrets of long-lasting leadership? Solomon states that the "secr

Remember that Solomon is trying to teach leadership principles whenever he mentions a king. He wants to teach people how to be effective, wi

We live in a society that values freedom of action so much that we have forgotten what the moral boundaries of freedom are. Our leaders try

This is one of those leadership-lessons proverbs. Solomon is saying that as a leader you cannot afford to hire or use the lazy person becaus

Solomon is giving two truisms that he wants his students to take special note of: one is about a person who gets angry quickly and the secon

Solomon deals with the problem that afflicts all positions of authority and power: corruption.

The key idea here is that Solomon wants leaders to think before they make decisions and not just act out of their own universe or their own

One does not want to move in the direction that a wicked ruler wants them to move. If you are caught under the roar of a wicked ruler, go in

Solomon is trying to point out that this impulse to put things off when it takes root can affect everything in a person's life. You simp

Pliability, new information, time, and lack of anger and demanding will go a long way to convincing a parent or person in authority to do wh

Corruption will reduce a culture to oppression where it is expected that leaders and officials will become wealthy and personally profit fro

When a wise person sees a disagreement coming that they cannot win nor has no easy resolution, then they abandon that topic. There is no poi

The wise person drills into the anger of the leader and brings peace. Sometimes even the leader has not clearly thought through their expect

This is a bold statement about cause and effect and how it impacts leadership.

The context of these verses is the negative of trying to gain through cheating orphans and the oppressed. The idea here is do not try and bu

This truth is so badly needed in our society. We have forgotten to hold our leaders accountable to a higher standard. Because of that, we ha

This verse is about the sluggard, the sloth, or the lazy person – the person who, like electricity, follows the path of least resistance. Wh

This is not a proverb so much about the fool as the person who would hire a fool. One has to have a clear picture of what a fool is so that