These verses are a couplet, which describes wisdom toward those who are in desperate circumstances that would be easy to take advantage of.

This is a leadership lesson that must not be overlooked. You cannot build a team of people if you allow a scoffer to be one of them. They ar

God has a standard: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. If you want to be treated a certain way, then treat other people that

We have a tendency to not think that we do this unwise thing. But God does not allow Solomon to record things that will not be true across c

Both the verse before and the verse after this one deals with decision making, righteousness, and being in God's will. This verse is lin

Avoid becoming a world-class procrastinator.

Proverbs 31:9 "Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the rights of all the afflicted and needy." open your mouth It is clear...

Proverbs 31:8 "Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all the unfortunate" It is incumbent upon the Christian leader to give...

Proverbs 20:8 "A king who sits on the throne of justice disperses all evil with his eyes" The leader who would seek to establish a...

Proverbs 31:6 "Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to him whose life is bitter" What is interesting about this proverb is...

Proverbs 26:6 "He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence who sends a message by the hand of a fool" This proverb does not carry the...

Proverbs 25:6 "Do not claim honor in the presence of the king and do not stand in the place of great men" It is the height of arrogance...

Proverbs 20:6 "Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but who can find a trustworthy man?" This proverb presses a truth home that we often...

Proverbs 18:6 "A fool's lips brings strife, and his mouth calls for blows" In this proverb, Solomon exposes the things we don't think...

Proverbs 1:6 "To understand a proverb, a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles"​ Solomon begins this first chapter by...

Proverbs 31:5 "For they will drink and forget what is decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted" This whole first part of the...

Proverbs 25:5 "Take away the wicked before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness" This verse proves that...

Proverbs 31:4 "It is not for Kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to desire strong drink" This is a proverb...

Proverbs 29:4 "The king gives stability to the land by justice, but a man who takes bribes overthrows it" A leader is one who brings...

Proverbs 25:4 "Take away the dross from the silver, and there comes out a vessel for the smith" This is one of a string of leadership...