Solomon is talking about this insight in this proverb. Whatever wise directions are not particularly natural for you should be meditated upo

It is your decision what you collect. You can decide today to no longer listen to rumor or gossip. It is not a matter of what you are intere

The first step in wisdom with your mouth is to often close it. The second step is to say something positive or keep it closed. The third ste

If a message is being relayed by a person who is always selfish and even when their selfish gain involves other’s loss, then you can count o

The idea here is that the normal – almost unconscious – comments of a person should be evaluated for their truth content. If they are true,

God begins to detail, through the mouth of Solomon, those actions and attitudes that He hates. It is a different list than we might expect i

This is the continuation of Solomon's instruction about the contentious woman; the woman who knows nothing about the indirect approach t

Solomon is saying that it is the words that create the wedge between you and your spouse and draw you towards someone you shouldn't be w

This week in a meeting at work I heard an amazing statistic: one out of every four people you ask, will accept your invitation to church. On

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

I realized God was having to repeat himself until I saw my blind-side. What was my relationship with God like? Really? If I were honest, it

Solomon is helping us understand in this proverb two things: the need to get outside wisdom and counsel, and the balance between keeping eve

All of us have foolishness as a part of who we are which is why it is best not to keep talking because eventually we betray our own selfishn

I am one of those people who has a tendency to blurt out whatever I am thinking. My brain is on the super-highway in regards to communicatio

When a person must cover what they really mean by twisting words to make them sound nice or to mean something they don't mean, then you

It is very important to realize that words have real impact and can change the course of someone's life. Wise righteous words bring life

What follows in this proverb is the nature of this outstanding wife. This proverb is an almost complete extolling of the virtues of domestic

Be very careful about slander. Most everyone likes to hear it, but it clearly is destructive. Do not get involved in misrepresenting a perso

I believe that this suggests that when one is overcome, one should not be quick to condemn others for not understanding what we've been