Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Must Read - Proverbs (Old Testament)

I am loving the book of Proverbs. It is so chockful of wisdom. Right now, I am reading chapters in the mid-20s and here are some samples of verses that I really like:

Proverbs 24: 10
If you falter in times of trouble, how small is your strength!

Proverbs 24: 16-18
For though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity. Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice, or the LORD will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from him.

Proverbs 24: 29
Do not say, "I'll do to him as he has done to me; I'll pay that man back for what he did."

Proverbs 24: 33-34
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest- and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.

Proverbs 25: 6-7
Do not exalt yourself in the king's presence, and do not claim a place among great men; it is better for him to say to you, "Come up here," than for him to humiliate you before a nobleman.

Proverbs 25: 9-10
If you argue your case with a neighbor, do not betray another man's confidence, or he who hears it may shame you and you will never lose your bad reputation.

Proverbs 25: 15
Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

Proverbs 25: 19
Like a bad tooth or a lame foot is reliance on the unfaithful in times of trouble.

Proverbs 25: 21-22
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

Proverbs 26: 11
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

Proverbs 26: 12
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 26: 14
As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.

Proverbs 26: 17
Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

Proverbs 27: 2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

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