Day 169.  Reading Proverbs 27 – 29

Proverb 27.

Friends 

• Verse 6 – “Faithful are the wounds of a friend…
• Verse 9 – “Oil and perfume make the heart gland, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
• Verse 10. “Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend…
• Verse  17 – “Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

A quarrelsome wife

• Verses 15-16 – “A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike; to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one’s right hand.

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Proverb 28.

Various kinds of people

• Verse 3 – “A poor man who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food.
• Verse 5 – “Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely.
• Verse 6 – “Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.
• Verse 11 – “A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has understanding will find him out.
• Verse 20 – “A faithful man will about with blessings, but whosoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
• Verse 22 – “A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty will come upon him.
• Verse 25 – “A greedy man stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the LORD will be enriched.

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Proverb 29.

Warnings…

• Verse 1 – “He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.
• Verse 9 – “If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.
• Verse 12 – “If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked.
• Verse 16 – “The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
• Verse 20 – “Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more home for a fool than for him.
• Verse 21 – “Whoever pampers his servant from childhood will in the end find him his HEIR (and not a faithful servant). 

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Solomon still ponders the good, the bad, the ugly, the humorous, and the serious in his proverbs. He’s learned a lot in his dealings with the people of his kingdom. How much will he apply to his own life?  Will he die a wise man?

(LORD, help me to learn from Your Word about wisdom, righteousness, humility, and kindness to others, and how to apply these to my life.)

• Psalm 90:12 – “Teach me to number my days that I may get a heart of wisdom.
• James 1:5 – “If any lack wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all with out reproach.
• James 3:17 – “The wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.