Proverbs 1:1-5
“Here is a man manifestly sustained as well as guided by influences from heaven. The Holy Spirit dwells in him. God speaks through him. The heroism, the nobility, the pure and stainless enthusiasm at the root of his life came, beyond question, from Christ. There must therefore be a Christ, and it’s worthwhile to have such a helper and redeemer as this Christ undoubtedly is as He revels Himself to this wonderful disciple.”
–Henry H. Stanley’s description of David Livingston
Proverbs 2:1-22
“It is to be feared that even among those who hold and value much precious truth, diligent Bible study is on the wane.”
–Dr. Harry A. Ironside
Proverbs 6:16-24
There’s a time to part and a time to meet.
There’s a time to sleep and a time to eat.
There’s a time to work and a time to play.
There’s a time to sing and a time to pray.
There’s a time that's glad and a time that’s blue.
There’s a time to plan and a time to do.
There’s a time to grin and show your grit,
But there never was a time to quit!
–Author unknown
Proverbs 9:1—10:4
My days are in the yellow leaf;
The flowers and fruits of love are gone;
The worm, the canker, and the grief
Are mine alone!
–Lord Byron
Proverbs 10:3—11:1
“Men have confessed to me every known sin, except the sin of covetousness.”
–Francis of Assisi
Proverbs 11:1-25
“Is it possible that history teaches us nothing? And that the immense past was only the weary rehearsal of mistakes that future is destined to make on a larger scale? At times we feel so, and a multitude of doubts assails us. Our knowledge of the past is always incomplete – probably inaccurate, beclouded by ambivalent evidence and biased historians, and perhaps distorted by our own prejudices and religious partisanship. Most history is guessing – the rest is prejudice.”
–Will Durant
Proverbs 11:26—12:22
Inadequate Camouflage
The problems of aging are vast,
They leave my spirit aghast.
The use of pretense
Just doesn't make sense,
The truth will catch me at last.
There’s many a word
I ought to have heard.
To put it succinctly
They spoke indistinctly....
To say I am deaf is absurd.
My friends are off in a race
While I must slacken my pace.
To say my gait is erratic,
My joints rheumatic,
Is a downright disgrace.
Why did they make letters so small
That I cannot see them at all?
To say I am blind
Is really unkind
Not to say that’s too much gall.
I resent George King’s complaint
That my voice is always too faint.
I could holler and roar,
But why be a bore,
It’s enough to rattle a saint.
I really hate to admit
That my temper is getting unfit.
Must I say, “Please excuse me,
These things don't amuse me,”
While I am falling apart bit by bit?
–Author unknown
To keep your marriage brimming
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;
Whenever you’re right, shut up.
–Ogden Nash
Proverbs 17
Dr. Griffith Thomas, when asked, “Don’t you think the world is becoming Christian?” responded, “Well the world is becoming a bit churchy, but the church is becoming immensely worldly.”
Proverbs 21:1-22
If I forgive an injury,
Because resenting would poison me,
I may feel noble; I may feel splendid,
But it isn’t exactly what Christ intended.
–Jane Mershon
Proverbs 21:22—22:27
“God is always on the side of the bigger battalions.”
–Napoleon Bonaparte
Proverbs 22:28—23:35
“America is coasting downhill on a godly ancestry.”
–Dr. J. Gresham Machen
Proverbs 25:1-25
“God was contracted to a span; He wrought out your salvation and mine.”
–John Wesley
Proverbs 26:23—27:27
“A wife laughs at her husband’s jokes, not because they are clever, but because she is!”
–Author unknown
“It’s impossible to govern the world without the Bible.”
–George Washington
“It is common for a man to hate those whom they have injured.”
–Tacitus
“Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly, and frequently as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in, the knowledge of the same.”
–Jonathan Edwards
Proverbs 30:20—31:31
“God took Eve from the side of Adam, not from his foot to be his menial or slave or servant, not from his head to be his mental superior, and did take him from that which is nearest his heart, that he might love her, and that which is under his arm, that he might protect her.”
–Matthew Henry
“The greatest threat to America is not Communist aggression, nuclear warfare, nor oil embargo. The greatest threat is a public education system that has abandoned principles on which America was founded. If sex education can be objective and value-free, then it follows that sex experimentation will be a required lab course. Christian education assures that a child will learn to view from God’s perspective. The most the public school system can promise is that a graduate can read at the ninth grade level. The largest group of parents who send their children to a Christian school are public school educators!”
–Paul Harvey
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