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Proverbs 11:27 Seeking good_
Whoever seeks good finds favor, but evil comes to one who searches for it. Proverbs 11:27 NIV “Whoever seeks” is taken from a Hebrew word meaning “to look for dawn,” carrying the implication that one is awake, ardently waiting for the morning to come. After a long night with darkness obscuring your view, you wait…
Read MoreProverbs 11:26 Good for me, or good for all?_
He who withholds grain, the people will curse him, But blessing will be on the head of him who sells it. Proverbs 11:26 NASB The obvious application of this proverb is to those that have control over commodities upon which people’s lives and livelihoods depend. A businessperson would naturally want to save the grain he…
Read MoreProverbs 11:25 A generous person_
A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. Proverbs 11:25 NIV Another translations says: The liberal soul will be made fat. The word prosper, according to Strong, is from a root meaning to be fat or to fatten; to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy. Today, for those of us are health-conscious, at first…
Read MoreProverbs 11:24 Scattering or withholding_
One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. Proverbs 11:24 NIV This verse erupts in richness in the different translations: There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more, And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want.…
Read MoreProverbs 11:23 Desire and expectation_
The desire of the righteous is only good, the expectation of the lawless is wrath. Proverbs 11:23 (EB) Desire and expectation are both forward looking. They spring from hope in tomorrow. What’s around the corner? What will the day bring? My thoughts are constantly scanning the horizon. What will be happening this weekend? The coming…
Read MoreMy tutor, Mr. Need_
Need is uncomfortable yet its purpose is to speak to me and point me toward the supply. Am I listening?
Read MoreAsking, receiving, and living faith_
Faith is like a muscle; it gets stronger with exercise. The four-step program today: Knock, ask, seek, repeat.
Read MoreProverbs 11:22 Rings, pigs, and purpose_
As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout so is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion. Proverbs 11:22 NASB To Israel, swine were unclean. The Israelites were not allowed to eat pork and pigs became a symbol of something that was detested, rejected, not to be associated with. “There is probably no animal as…
Read MoreJohn 14:12-14 Personal fruitfulness_
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If…
Read MoreProverbs 11:21 Hand to hand_
Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous will be delivered. Proverbs 11:21 NASB The Emphasized Bible’s more literal translation says: “Hand to hand the wicked man shall not be held innocent, but the seed of the righteous has been delivered.” The expression “hand to hand” conjures a few…
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