Proverbs 4:2 "For I give you sound teaching, do not abandon my instruction" This proverb speaks of a deep fear that many parents have – that their child will listen to them and agree with them when they are at home; but at some time later when they are in college or sometimes even earlier, they will abandon all the rules, ideas, and values that their parents have taught them. Solomon is acting as a spiritual father here and wants to anticipate this dynamic. Don't get rid of t

PROVERBS 19:1 "Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool" This is one of those value proverbs where God, through Solomon's observations, is trying to teach us the importance of something by comparing it with something else we would not expect. This particular proverb is a very interesting and strange sounding comparison to our ears. We are essentially asked which do you think is better – this kind of person or that kind of