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June 17, 2019
Proverbs 6:1-5
Today’s Scripture: 1-5 Dear friend, if you’ve gone into hock with your neighbor or locked yourself into a deal with a stranger,If you’ve impulsively promised the shirt off your back and now find yourself shivering out in the cold,Friend, don’t waste a minute, get yourself out of that mess. You’re in that man’s clutches! Go, put on a long face; […]
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June 16, 2019
Proverbs 5:15-23
Today’s Scripture: 15-16 Do you know the saying, “Drink from your own rain barrel, draw water from your own spring-fed well”?It’s true. Otherwise, you may one day come home and find your barrel empty and your well polluted. 17-20 Your spring water is for you and you only, not to be passed around among strangers.Bless your fresh-flowing fountain! Enjoy the wife […]
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June 15, 2019
Proverbs 5:7-14
Today’s Scripture: 7-14 So, my friend, listen closely; don’t treat my words casually.Keep your distance from such a woman; absolutely stay out of her neighborhood.You don’t want to squander your wonderful life, to waste your precious life among the hardhearted.Why should you allow strangers to take advantage of you? Why be exploited by those who care nothing for you?You don’t […]
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June 14, 2019
Proverbs 5:1-6
Today’s Scripture: 1-2 Dear friend, pay close attention to this, my wisdom; listen very closely to the way I see it.Then you’ll acquire a taste for good sense; what I tell you will keep you out of trouble. 3-6 The lips of a seductive woman are oh so sweet, her soft words are oh so smooth.But it won’t be long […]
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June 13, 2019
Proverbs 4:18-27
Today’s Scripture: 18-19 The ways of right-living people glow with light; the longer they live, the brighter they shine.But the road of wrongdoing gets darker and darker— travelers can’t see a thing; they fall flat on their faces. 20-22 Dear friend, listen well to my words; tune your ears to my voice.Keep my message in plain view at all times. Concentrate! […]
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June 12, 2019
Proverbs 4:10-17
Today’s Scripture: 10-15 Dear friend, take my advice; it will add years to your life.I’m writing out clear directions to Wisdom Way, I’m drawing a map to Righteous Road.I don’t want you ending up in blind alleys, or wasting time making wrong turns.Hold tight to good advice; don’t relax your grip. Guard it well—your life is at stake!Don’t take Wicked […]
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June 11, 2019
Proverbs 4:1-9
Today’s Scripture: 1-2 Listen, friends, to some fatherly advice; sit up and take notice so you’ll know how to live.I’m giving you good counsel; don’t let it go in one ear and out the other. 3-9 When I was a boy at my father’s knee, the pride and joy of my mother,He would sit me down and drill me: “Take this […]
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June 10, 2019
Proverbs 3:30-35
Today’s Scripture: 30-32 Don’t walk around with a chip on your shoulder, always spoiling for a fight.Don’t try to be like those who shoulder their way through life. Why be a bully?“Why not?” you say. Because God can’t stand twisted souls. It’s the straightforward who get his respect. 33-35 God’s curse blights the house of the wicked, but he blesses the […]
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June 9, 2019
Proverbs 3:21-29
Today’s Scripture: 21-26 Dear friend, guard Clear Thinking and Common Sense with your life; don’t for a minute lose sight of them.They’ll keep your soul alive and well, they’ll keep you fit and attractive.You’ll travel safely, you’ll neither tire nor trip.You’ll take afternoon naps without a worry, you’ll enjoy a good night’s sleep.No need to panic over alarms or surprises, or […]
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June 8, 2019
Proverbs 3:13-20
Today’s Scripture: 13-18 You’re blessed when you meet Lady Wisdom, when you make friends with Madame Insight.She’s worth far more than money in the bank; her friendship is better than a big salary.Her value exceeds all the trappings of wealth; nothing you could wish for holds a candle to her.With one hand she gives long life, with the other she […]
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