We have a rather limited understanding of pride in this culture because we see pride as excessive arrogance or bragging too much. But biblic

Notice the liar is treacherous. The liar is duplicitous. Liars look like they are doing you a favor when they are really doing something to

The wicked, who will break all kinds of commands to get what they want (even if they seem respectable), must have some new thing. They are f

If we follow the rest of the Scripture, this is a nervous preoccupation with what is beyond our control. The key to fixing anxiety is action

If you seek to satisfy the needs and concerns in others, you will increase the needs that are met in your life.

Solomon is saying that these various testing agents will expose those who have built their life in shabby and wicked ways. Problems always e

Jesus sits down to map out a lifestyle that values different issues. His lifestyle puts a different priority on relationships and material w

We can choose wisely and change our destiny, or we can choose foolishness and destroy our potential. Use the wisdom that God has made availa

This chapter of Proverbs contains 27 verses and they are all pointing to this verse. The command is in this verse. All the rest of the verse

Solomon describes accurately that no marital unfaithfulness begins with the unfaithfulness itself. It always begins as a mental fantasy firs

He sat down and opened his mouth. How many millions of people have demanded that God come down to earth and do exactly what Jesus did here.

This instruction in wisdom comes in a string of others that are for a father teaching his son. He tells the son to realize what is going int

Do not build your life around the possibility of something bad happening to you. Don't rehearse all the bad things that could happen to

This Christian lifestyle is clearly not for everyone. It is serious to follow Jesus, and it means acting and thinking counter to the prevail

Solomon continues to paint a picture of what happens to those who do not listen to the advice that wisdom gives. When life goes bad, in many

This proverb tells us that this woman is a savvy business woman. She expands the family business to include goods and services that her husb

This proverb declares that wisdom is not only shown by the large, complex, or impressive. Remember that the goal of the proverb is to produc

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

Wealth and power need to be tended, maintained, and cared for because they can go away.   Each of the ways that he mentions that wealth can