Do not become so committed to money that you are willing to ignore righteousness, justice, truth. If you go down the path of shady ethics an

Our culture treats stealing as no big deal and, therefore, we have more stealing. We do not demand that a person who steals publicly apologi

We declare that it is not wrong, but is in fact "healthy," for a person to pursue their own sexual pleasure to the point of using

You must treat people right. You must not take advantage of people just because you can.  I have watched what seemed like this situation bei

One of the lessons that we need to take from this truth is that life and others will not always be fair with us. When we go to an official w

Solomon is giving the contrast with this phrase. He is saying that those who have understanding feel the same pull to the selfish thing, but

If you want to be continually pursued by a whole truckload of problems you don't want, then by all means keep being selfish and violatin

Solomon – like Paul, Jesus, and other prophets of the Scripture – declares that we should meditate on what the Bible says our thoughts and w

Understand that you are living your life in front of God. He and, at some level, angelic creatures can see into your life, into your actions

"Do not let them depart from your sight; keep them in the midst of your heart" Solomon brings up a technique for life change that our...

In one sense Solomon is making a clear scientific rather than a moral statement. He does not see old men who have lived an evil lifestyle. T

This whole section tries to remind us that the temptations are strong and they seem so pleasant and encouraging; but they lead to separation

Don't allow yourself to get all worked up about what they are doing. Now this does not mean that one should let it go as if it were not

We see throughout Scripture and life those who stop providing a real service to others and become all about how self-important they are, are

One has to believe that you are superior to those whose goods you seize. Your gaining is coming at great expense to your soul.

Whatever God says is important is different from what your culture says is important. God is right and the culture is wrong. We, as a cultur

Unfortunately this is the moral evaluation that is most prevalent in our day and age. People evaluate whether something is right by whether

This is really the follow-up idea or linked idea from the Proverb 29:17 verse. All people – and not just children – need to be instructed ab

It is true that the pursuit of selfish ends feels like the right thing, but it is accomplished on the backs of others and especially in the

One of the things that God hates is a mind that plans ways to go deeper into the jungle of sin.