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Proverbs 11:8 Trouble and other sucking sounds_
The righteous person is rescued from trouble, and it falls on the wicked instead. Proverbs 11:8 NIV Rotherham’s translation better reflects the Hebrew: “The righteous man out of distress is delivered, then cometh a lawless man into his place.” This proverb is like an Dyson vacuum cleaner making sucking sound. That is what trouble is…
Read MoreJohn 4:13-14 Living water_
Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” John 4:13-14 NKJV The water Jesus…
Read MoreJohn 4:10 If you knew…_
Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” John 4:10 NKJV There are several incredible things about Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at the…
Read MoreProverbs 11:7 Hope and expectation_
Hopes placed in mortals die with them; all the promise of their power comes to nothing. Proverbs 11:7 NIV The New KJV translation: When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish, And the hope of the unjust perishes. Proverbs 11:7 NKJV Hope and expectation are a universal compasses within man that provide a well…
Read MoreProverbs 11:6 The Righteous, again_
The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed. Proverbs 11:6 NASB This proverb is very similar to the previous: Solomon continues to distinguish between the righteous and wicked. There are serious benefits to being righteous. How many situations do we get into in our life?…
Read MoreProverbs 11:5 Righteous and Wicked_
The righteousness of the blameless will smooth his way, But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness. Proverbs 11:5 NASB As I’m reading through the Proverbs, I get to this one and think, “duh!” Hasn’t this already been said in so many ways and we’re only in chapter 11 of a book with 31…
Read MoreProverbs 11:4 What money cannot buy_
Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. Proverbs 11:4 NIV What a simple and straightforward proverb: The best of my efforts cannot buy my way into innocence on a day of accounting that is sure to come. But when that day comes, similar to when the angel of death…
Read MoreProverbs 11:3 Integrity_
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. Proverbs 11:3 NIV The word “integrity” among believers has come to mean honesty, or being morally upright. The Hebrew can mean “completeness, fullness, morally innocent, simplicity.” I personally like the word picture provided by the English definition: the state of…
Read MoreProverbs 11:2 Stay little, stay hungry_
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. Proverbs 11:2 NIV I am loved! Within the fabric of my soul I have intrinsic value as a person. It’s within my spiritual and physical DNA. When I was born, I am worth something. God put it there when He created me. But as…
Read MoreProverbs 11:1 A perfect stone_
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight. Proverbs 11:1 NASB Solomon is reflecting on what Moses wrote in the law: You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small. You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and…
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