What this means is that wisdom causes a person to plan a future and have goals and plans. It is these goals and plans that become major driv

This is the talk of gangs. This is the temptation that reaches out to young men and wants them to prove their toughness. This is the type of

What follows in this proverb is the nature of this outstanding wife. This proverb is an almost complete extolling of the virtues of domestic

Be very careful about slander. Most everyone likes to hear it, but it clearly is destructive. Do not get involved in misrepresenting a perso

Are you striving after wisdom? Are you seeking the benefit of the other people around you or only your own benefit?

Do not give into the short-term profits of temptation. They don't last and are harmful to your long-term joy. God sends good gifts and t

It is friendship – often even over family – that will sustain you through the storms of life.

This is not a proverb so much about the fool as the person who would hire a fool. One has to have a clear picture of what a fool is so that

This verse is the extension of the verses above it. It tells of the dire consequences that take place to those who prove themselves right at

God is saying that if you cannot, or will not, focus your physical strength to accomplish the crucial task at hand, then you are not as stro

These verses are a couplet, which describes wisdom toward those who are in desperate circumstances that would be easy to take advantage of.

This is a leadership lesson that must not be overlooked. You cannot build a team of people if you allow a scoffer to be one of them. They ar

This proverb about the characteristic thinking of a wicked person is absolutely insightful and needed in our culture today.

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

We have a tendency to not think that we do this unwise thing. But God does not allow Solomon to record things that will not be true across c

There are so many times when we want to handle our problems ourselves. We don't just want to look to the Lord and cry out to Him and tru

A rebuke is information or reminder or anything that is used to stop a person from repeating a damaging or hurtful act that they have done o

Both the verse before and the verse after this one deals with decision making, righteousness, and being in God's will. This verse is lin

Right now in every one of our lives there are people who are trying to correct us, to give us advice, to redirect us. And we don't want

I believe that this suggests that when one is overcome, one should not be quick to condemn others for not understanding what we've been