The Hebrew word is gaboah which means high, exalted. This is the idea that you see yourself as above others. Usually this is the result of y

Solomon, in rather graphic terms, tries to help us understand that it is not wise to try and stop a person who is hell-bent on being selfish

This truth is so badly needed in our society. We have forgotten to hold our leaders accountable to a higher standard. Because of that, we ha

This is the person who is too proud to be corrected and who is derisive about any and every truth. Nothing is new, special, interesting, or

There are all kinds of ways of living life. The particular way that Solomon wants to focus upon is the way which seems right or has the righ

Solomon tells us one of the cause-and-effect relationships with the soul. This result produces this outcome. When you have been expecting a

Solomon is trying to help us spot those who are wicked by seeing what they are going after. Those who live outside the lines of God's co

Have you ever thought about the role we play in our own difficulties? We have a lot to do with the test, trials, and temptations we go throu

All of us are tempted to keep score of how many times a person is thoughtless or hurtful or inept, but this type of scorekeeping does not im

This is a very interesting descriptor of what internal emotions do to the external actions. When a person hates you no matter what they say

Some people try and act wisely to impress others. The wisdom they speak and do is not really theirs; it is a means to a goal. This approach

This group of verses tells us how to find wisdom; how to find that elusive thing called the wise choice or action. When you don't know w

Solomon wants to educate young people to the ways of the world in this section of the proverb. When a young man comes across an adulteress w

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

At any age, we must not be closed to correction or we will be open to huge mistakes that severely wound our lives.

This proverb is about the ways that we are stopped when we do not have wisdom. We are impeded or we stumble. Something blocks us or in some

This principle that has been the bedrock of parenting for four millennia has been abandoned in our day. Correcting, rebuking, chastising the

In this section, Solomon continues to speak of the wonders of wisdom and what it will do if it is allowed full entrance into your life. In t

There are two basic ethical principles for those who embrace wickedness and violence. Who benefits from the actions you do? Does your action

What this section of the proverbs is noticing is that there are four types of foolishness that easily can become family sins. It is also pos