Posts Tagged ‘responsibility’
Proverbs 13:13 A Listening Heart
The one who despises the word will be in debt to it, But the one who fears the commandment will be rewarded. Proverbs 13:13 NASB Or another translation says: He that despises a matter, shall get pledged thereto; but he that reveres a commandment, the same shall be recompensed. Proverbs 13:13 Rotherham “The word” say…
Read MoreProverbs 13:12 Hope’s Journey
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 The Proverbs are filled with cause and effect — you do this, you get that — most which compel the reader toward choosing goodness, righteousness, diligence, and humility. Then Solomon pens this proverb. When I first read this, it…
Read MoreProverbs 13:4 Life’s secret sauce
A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied. Proverbs 13:4 NIV Or New American Standard translates it, “The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing.” Appetite and need Appetite refers to the desire for food or drink and also the need to satisfy both cravings of the…
Read MoreProverbs 12:27 Finishing what I started
A lazy man does not roast his prey, But the precious possession of a man is diligence. Proverbs 12:27 NASB Or A lazy man (Indolence, slothful man, also translated deceit or treachery) does not roast (or catch) his own (or any) game, but the substance of a man is precious when he is diligent. The…
Read MoreProverbs 12:4 Two are better than one
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones. Proverbs12:4NIV Or A virtuous [strong, worthy, capable] woman is the crown of her husband [owner], but a veritable decay in the bones is she that causes shame. Proverbs 12:4 Rotherham Virtuous, noble, worthy, all deep and…
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