Our culture treats stealing as no big deal and, therefore, we have more stealing. We do not demand that a person who steals publicly apologi

Wealth and power need to be tended, maintained, and cared for because they can go away.   Each of the ways that he mentions that wealth can

Solomon may also be warning us about how to be wary of hatred taking over our own heart. Hatred is not an emotionally healthy goal. It is th

The wise have a path that they are on which keeps adding to their life. This path that they are following is on an upward angle in that thei

The difference is striking between the wicked and the righteous. The wicked are self-consumed; the righteous think of others and are God-ori

Solomon describes God's application of wisdom to the infinite number of possibilities as though He is birthing this world through the ap

I am amazed at the number of times I have asked people, "What do you think you ought to do if you were to really do what you think God

This person who is so fixated on what he/she wants that nothing else matters is a person with an evil eye. I think about the rock stars and

Solomon is giving the contrast with this phrase. He is saying that those who have understanding feel the same pull to the selfish thing, but

There is a principle of selfishness that lives within us that wants to think more of ourselves by putting down all the people that we know.

If you want to be continually pursued by a whole truckload of problems you don't want, then by all means keep being selfish and violatin

I have heard some people say that they think that they are cursed because all kinds of bad things keep happening to them. Solomon is saying

It is not just you that your choices are affecting. Your choices affect the spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, and relational choices o

If there is one thing that parents of teenagers must watch, it is this friend factor. The greatest predictor of your child's behavior is

We too often allow the defeatest mentality of those around us to become the dominant thoughts of our life. This is a problem. God is soverei

Psalm 1:2 - Part 1 "But his delight is in the law of the Lord and in His Law he meditates day and night" Transformation requires new thoughts. Transformation requires a new mental construct to live and to strive toward. It is impossible to be transformed if you do not meditate on biblical concepts and images of the future. If all you have are the thoughts that you are already thinking and the view of the future that you already have, then you will never be transformed. We are

"I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice" It is important to realize that this is wisdom talking, not God. The wise course is the one in the midst of the righteous way. If you have to be shady to accomplish something, then it cannot be the wise course. A caveat is that wisdom is not following your feelings or making others feel good; it is objective and shrewd. It makes sure that justice is done. Someone stabbed in the back will come back to b

The person who is the moral fool is the person who always gives in to temptation. They are just sucked in. It always promises and we bite.

Solomon is selling the advantages of going after wisdom. Everything that temptation promises, wisdom actually delivers with none of the bitt

This proverb highlights one of the key ideas of wisdom and life: the choices you make will make or break your life. Sure there are things th