This whole section tries to remind us that the temptations are strong and they seem so pleasant and encouraging; but they lead to separation

Naive people refuse to believe or embrace solutions that take a number of steps. It must be instant and one step, or it is rejected as no so

The virtuous woman embraces the female role in marriage and family. She finds herself throwing herself into it and not just doing a half-way

The Septuagint translation is most interesting: does not sit in the plague of the sinners. The idea here is that there are people who do not

In this proverb Solomon is trying to teach a practical principle about how to motivate a servant to do what you want them to do. He points o

It is amazing how many people miss the fact that you must work hard at what you have in front of you, even if you do not like it. The land h

This is the Hebrew word panim; it means face. The face was considered to be the revealer of the emotions, life, reactions, and soul of the p

Be careful about who you get guidance from. Look at their life. If they have a close walk with God, a great family, a great marriage, and ar

There is a natural tendency to trust them because they seem so sincere and can tell you how much they plan on carrying through with this pla

Don't allow yourself to get all worked up about what they are doing. Now this does not mean that one should let it go as if it were not

Solomon says to make sure that you do not envy the sinners who are made to seem as though they have everything. It is not what it seems to b

Everyone is living a life of faith. They are relying on a certain thing or truth or god or person to be right and to work. Solomon says that

Marriage partners should be experts at how to calm their spouses down. Marriages should be the place where there is always time to listen to

How many people have been devastatingly hurt by trusting someone with personal information only to have that person break a confidence and t

At some time or another, angry people will bear the penalty of their anger.

When a close friend or relative is sinning, it is hard to convince them that they need to change.

We see throughout Scripture and life those who stop providing a real service to others and become all about how self-important they are, are

One has to believe that you are superior to those whose goods you seize. Your gaining is coming at great expense to your soul.

When you know something is the right thing to do, then do it even though it will take a little longer initially. A little time invested in t

Goodness is not just the absence of badness. In fact, goodness can be accomplished in the presence of badness. Goodness means that the real