Those who are pursuing evil are convinced that they will gain life down this path. They have found the secret elixir that will make life wor

This Psalm gives three different bad sources and one good one. It proclaims that if you are willing to meditate on God's Law, then you w

Again let me remind you that relationships are the real key to a satisfying life. Relationships are what give meaning and depth and joy and

I speak quite often on the Tombstone Principle. I heard about this principle many years ago at a business conference I was attending. The pr

The context for this truism is that when you are the most despairing of an enjoyable future, when you are the most susceptible to temptation

Solomon is selling the advantages of going after wisdom. Everything that temptation promises, wisdom actually delivers with none of the bitt

The path of wisdom takes longer to get going; but it has richer, deeper, and more long-lasting benefits. You never hear someone who has chos

Selfishness and sin – while it looks like it will produce the happier life – ends up producing a life filled with brokenness and sadness. Re

When a person is strategic in the pursuit of their goals, they learn lots of things and develop significant skills that they would not learn

If we are to become wise, one of the first steps is to start avoiding the snares or traps that will destroy life.

Lady Wisdom is a personification of wisdom in and through those who embrace her. The woman of folly is an actual woman who sells her body to

Sound wisdom could be the input you get from the counsel and/or it could be talking to people who have gone down the roads that you are thin

Solomon brings up just the right issues. For young people, they want to know how they will make their mark in the world. How can they be not

Solomon is saying to business people: Are you cheating people? It could be that you are charging more to people who are less savvy in busine

God is saying that if you cannot, or will not, focus your physical strength to accomplish the crucial task at hand, then you are not as stro

Proverbs 4:9 "She will place on your head a garland of grace; she will present you with a crown of beauty" Solomon continues here with...

Proverbs 14:7 "Leave the presence of a fool or you will not discern words of knowledge" This proverb is very helpful in that it says to...

Proverbs 13:7 "There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth" An actual...

Proverbs 23:5 "When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For wealth certainly makes itself wings like an eagle that flies toward the...

Proverbs 10:5 "He who gathers in summer is a son who acts wisely, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who acts shamefully" This proverb...