Saturday October 23, 2021 Proverbs 12: 25 – 26 Anxiety weighs down the human heart,    but a good word cheers it up.The righteous gives good advice to friends,    but the way of the wicked leads astray. Reflection Most of us have experienced the familiar twinge of anxiety in our lives, whether it’s anxiously …

Friday October 22, 2021  Proverbs 12: 22 – 23 Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,    but those who act faithfully are his delight.One who is clever conceals knowledge,    but the mind of a fool broadcasts folly. Reflection It might (or might not) have been Abraham Lincoln who said “Better to remain …

Thursday October 21, 2021   Proverbs 11:1 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord,    but an accurate weight is his delight. Reflection In these days of pre packaged food and a move, during my lifetime, to metric weights and measures this verse seems a little odd.  We have laws, and local councils have …

Wednesday October 20, 2021  Proverbs  9: 7 – 12 Whoever corrects a scoffer wins abuse;    whoever rebukes the wicked gets hurt.A scoffer who is rebuked will only hate you;    the wise, when rebuked, will love you.Give instruction to the wise, and they will become wiser still;    teach the righteous and they will …

Proverbs 8: 22 – 36 The Lord created me [Wisdom] at the beginning of his work,    the first of his acts of long ago.Ages ago I was set up,    at the first, before the beginning of the earth.When there were no depths I was brought forth,    when there were no springs abounding with water.Before the mountains had been …

Proverbs 8:  1 – 13 Does not wisdom call,    and does not understanding raise her voice?On the heights, beside the way,    at the crossroads she takes her stand;beside the gates in front of the town,    at the entrance of the portals she cries out:‘To you, O people, I call,    and my cry is to all that live. O simple ones, …