The ultimate goal is that the children will be able to understand how to behave in a positive, honorable way in the parents’ eyes in all the

We find in our day and age an inability to recognize those who should be protected and those who shouldn't be. We must return again to t

Notice that it is material of the same kind that sharpens; it is not a softer material or a hardened material. This is why most men need ano

Christians are especially bad at violating this proverb. We know that we have the answers to other people’s problems in the Scriptures, and

This second limiting proverb is about overstaying your welcome at another person's house. Everyone has habits and idiosyncrasies about o

Because living life means that you must rub up against other people with other agendas, they will be for their own and often opposed to your

One of the areas that baffles couples in the early years of marriage is this idea that we only have sex when we feel like it. What I have fo

A crucial concept in enjoying the victorious Christian life is "fearing the Lord." This carries with it the idea of awe and revere

What Solomon wants us to see is that wisdom and knowledge are available to everybody, but they will not appear until we are really intereste

This is a money principle many in America are violating. We would rather be comfortable than be prepared. It is impossible to have the reser

This is the Hebrew word lechem, which means bread or food. It is also a synonym for what you need. Solomon is saying that when we obtain wha

Solomon points out that the universe is much larger than just the dimensions and realities that we can perceive with our five senses. There

Solomon is trying to get us to remember that when we are hearing one side of a story, there is another side. The first person is not meaning

One of the rules of deep friendship is you have to be positive about your friends. Of course, your friends have flaws. Of course, your frien

God tells us, through Solomon, that the way to preserve your life from extra difficulties that do not have to come your way is to depart fro

Great couples who enjoy the fullness that marriage has to offer do not neglect the spiritual dimension of their marriage - spending time tog

This is another of the comparison proverbs through which Solomon draws out attention to the relative value of things. He uses the Jewish tec

Solomon is giving two truisms that he wants his students to take special note of: one is about a person who gets angry quickly and the secon

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,