We, as a nation, are just entering into a period where the price of all the injustice is about to be enacted. The party for those who cheat,

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

This whole section of Proverbs, beginning in verse 13 of this chapter, is about the woman of folly. She is using her beauty, her sexuality,

We, as a culture, tend to treat moral boundaries as emotional reactions to what we find unpleasant. This, however, is not the way that God s

Solomon finishes this thought in verse 16 when he says that when it is the wicked person’s turn to go through difficulty and trouble, they w

Solomon notices that righteous people get great delight in doing what is right in God's eyes even if it is difficult. They gain a deeper

What we do not often realize is that people do not come with labels attached to them. Evil people don't look worse than righteous people

In this proverb, Agur recognizes four cultural or group stains that can be spread throughout people groups. First, open rebellion from paren

God has a standard: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. If you want to be treated a certain way, then treat other people that

Proverbs 31:9 "Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the rights of all the afflicted and needy." open your mouth It is clear from this and other passages throughout the Old Testament and New Testament that a leader must speak out against injustice. The position of leader or king is such a concentrated place of power that the temptation to use power for selfish purposes is always present. One of the great temptations is to shut your mouth about what is right when it d

Proverbs 19:9 "A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who tells lies will perish." The kernels of truth that are contained in this proverb are so crucial to maintaining equilibrium in a sinful world where it looks like evil, selfishness, and sin triumph. The people who lie are often those who look like they are making the most progress. The skilled liar who can tell people what they want to hear makes fantastic progress at the beginning, and it seems that the honest p

Proverbs 22:8 "He who sows iniquity will reap vanity, and the rod of his fury will perish" sows This is the Hebrew word zara, which means to sow, scatter seed. The idea is that your life is like a field and your actions are the seeds that you are sowing in the field. Eventually you will enjoy or endure the crop that grows up based upon the seeds you have sown in the field. iniquity This is the Hebrew word awwal, which means unjust, unrighteous, contrary to what is right, to d