Favorite Proverbs

[farouk]

I learned Solomon is speaking of the Blessed Virgin Mary, thus can be called Her prophet.

More likely the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ corresponds with wisdom personified: "But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption" (1 Corinthians 1.30).

 

[Heart2Soul]

Prov 18 (NKJV)
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²⁰ A man's stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth, From the produce of his lips he shall be filled.
²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

 

[farouk]

Prov 18 (NKJV)
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²⁰ A man's stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth, From the produce of his lips he shall be filled.
²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

@Heart2Soul Thank-you; and it ties in with what James's Epistle says about the tongue.

 

[MattMooradian]

Pro 25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
Pro 25:22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

I claimed this verse once when I asked for a raise at the job I worked at. They gave me a small raise; I refused the raise, but I worked even harder at my job then before. Three months later they gave me the raise I had originally requested.

 

[farouk]

I claimed this verse once when I asked for a raise at the job I worked at. They gave me a small raise; I refused the raise, but I worked even harder at my job then before. Three months later they gave me the raise I had originally requested.

@MattMooradian Interesting...

 

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[Heart2Soul]

Amen!

 

[farouk]

Amen!

@Heart2Soul I really appreciate Proverbs; I have a NT and Psalms edition; and some NT editions have Proverbs as well, together with the Psalms.

 

[Lambano]

Okay, @farouk already picked two of my favorites, so I'll take this one because it has a special (to me) story behind it.

As I mentioned in the tattoo thread, my wife is a breast cancer survivor (thank you, Great Physician!) The morning of our 20th wedding anniversary started off in the hospital recovering from the mastectomy.

When she had recovered enough that I felt comfortable leaving her at home alone for a few hours, I resumed going to the weekly Bible Study group. That first night back, the subject was Proverbs. Each member of the group was assigned a section of Proverbs and told to chose one Proverb that jumped out at you and explain why it had special meaning to you. In a coincidence that I don't think was a coincidence (God does have a subtle sense of humor), I got assigned chapters 4-6. And of course, given my wife's situation, my eye fell upon Proverbs 5:18-19:

18 May your fountain be blessed,
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer—
may her breasts satisfy you always,
may you ever be intoxicated with her love.

I asked our group leader if she could get me a bottle of white-out because now I needed to change a certain key word in verse 19 from plural to singular. That drew an understanding chuckle from everybody.

 

[Pearl]

 

[WalterandDebbie]

"The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.

25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men." (Proverbs 8.22-31)

Amen,

Love, Walter And Debbie

 

[Pearl]

Amen,

Love, Walter And Debbie

Good one Walter. Too many people lean on their own understanding.

 

[WalterandDebbie]

Good one Walter. Too many people lean on their own understanding.

Amen! Pearl, I knew I did at one time until I realized who He really was.

Love always,

 

[farouk]

@Pearl Paraphrased, one can see here something of the saying "Man proposes, but God disposes".

 

[Pearl]

A couple of years ago there was a lot of animosity between my son and his daughter's mother. They had been to court about access rights and were due to go again for the judges verdict. A couple of days before the due date for the court God 'gave' me this verse as I read my bible. Immediately my soul responded and I started to pray it over the situation. At the eleventh hour they came to an mutual agreement, made friends again and normality was restored. They are now expecting another baby.