Proverb 22

Proverbs 22 (New American Standard Bible)

Proverbs 22

On Life and Conduct

    ¹A ^(A)good name is to be more desired than great wealth,
         Favor is better than silver and gold.
    ²The rich and the poor have a common bond,
         The LORD is the ^(B)maker of them all.
    ³The ^(C)prudent sees the evil and hides himself,
         But the naive go on, and are punished for it.
    ⁴The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD
         Are riches, honor and life.
    ^5(D)Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
         He who guards himself will be far from them.
    ^6(E)Train up a child in the way he should go,
         Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
    ⁷The ^(F)rich rules over the poor,
         And the borrower becomes the lender's slave.
    ⁸He who ^(G)sows iniquity will reap vanity,
         And the ^(H)rod of his fury will perish.
    ⁹He who is ^(I)generous will be blessed,
         For he ^(J)gives some of his food to the poor.
    ^10(K)Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out,
         Even strife and dishonor will cease.
    ¹¹He who loves ^(L)purity of heart
         And whose speech is ^(M)gracious, the king is his friend.
    ¹²The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge,
         But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
    ¹³The ^(N)sluggard says, "There is a lion outside;
         I will be killed in the streets!"
    ¹⁴The mouth of ^(O)an adulteress is a deep pit;
         He who is ^(P)cursed of the LORD will fall into it.
    ¹⁵Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
         The ^(Q)rod of discipline will remove it far from him.
    ¹⁶He ^(R)who oppresses the poor to make more for himself
         Or who gives to the rich, ^(S)will only come to poverty.
    ^17(T)Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,
         And apply your mind to my knowledge;
    ¹⁸For it will be ^(U)pleasant if you keep them within you,
         That they may be ready on your lips.
    ¹⁹So that your ^(V)trust may be in the LORD,
         I have taught you today, even you.
    ²⁰Have I not written to you ^(W)excellent things
         Of counsels and knowledge,
    ²¹To make you ^(X)know the certainty of the words of truth
         That you may ^(Y)correctly answer him who sent you?
    ^22(Z)Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
         Or ^(AA)crush the afflicted at the gate;
    ²³For the LORD will ^(AB)plead their case
         And take the life of those who rob them.
    ²⁴Do not associate with a man given to anger;
         Or go with a ^(AC)hot-tempered man,
    ²⁵Or you will ^(AD)learn his ways
         And find a snare for yourself.
    ²⁶Do not be among those who ^(AE)give pledges,
         Among those who become guarantors for debts.
    ²⁷If you have nothing with which to pay,
         Why should he ^(AF)take your bed from under you?
    ^28(AG)Do not move the ancient boundary
         Which your fathers have set.
    ²⁹Do you see a man skilled in his work?
         He will ^(AH)stand before kings;
         He will not stand before obscure men.

Psalm 149 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 149

Psalm 149 (Amplified Bible)

Psalm 149

 ¹PRAISE THE Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, praise Him in the assembly of His saints!     ²Let Israel rejoice in Him, their Maker; let Zion's children triumph and be joyful in their King!^{(A)
    3}Let them praise His name in chorus and choir and with the [single or group] dance; let them sing praises to Him with the tambourine and lyre!
    ⁴For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation and adorn the wretched with victory.
    ⁵Let the saints be joyful in the glory and beauty [which God confers upon them]; let them sing for joy upon their beds.
    ⁶Let the high praises of God be in their throats and a two-edged sword in their hands,^{(B)
    7}To wreak vengeance upon the nations and chastisement upon the peoples,
    ⁸To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron,
    ⁹To execute upon them the judgment written. He [the Lord] is the honor of all His saints. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

Proverb 21

Proverbs 21 (Amplified Bible)

Proverbs 21

 ¹THE KING'S heart is in the hand of the Lord, as are the watercourses; He turns it whichever way He wills.     ²Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs and tries the hearts.^{(A)
    3}To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.^{(B)
    4}Haughtiness of eyes and a proud heart, even the tillage of the wicked or the lamp [of joy] to them [whatever it may be], are sin [in the eyes of God].
    ⁵The thoughts of the [steadily] diligent tend only to plenteousness, but everyone who is impatient and hasty hastens only to want.
    ⁶Securing treasures by a lying tongue is a vapor driven to and fro; those who seek them seek death.
    ⁷The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, because they refuse to do justice.
    ⁸The way of the guilty is exceedingly crooked, but as for the pure, his work is right and his conduct is straight.
    ⁹It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop [on the flat oriental roof, exposed to all kinds of weather] than in a house shared with a nagging, quarrelsome, and faultfinding woman.
    ¹⁰The soul or life of the wicked craves and seeks evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.^{(C)
    11}When the scoffer is punished, the fool gets a lesson in being wise; but men of [godly] Wisdom and good sense learn by being instructed.
    ¹²The [uncompromisingly] righteous man considers well the house of the wicked--how the wicked are cast down to ruin.
    ¹³Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor will cry out himself and not be heard.^{(D)
    14}A gift in secret pacifies and turns away anger, and a bribe in the lap, strong wrath.
    ¹⁵When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous (the upright, in right standing with God), but to the evildoers it is dismay, calamity, and ruin.
    ¹⁶A man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall abide in the congregation of the spirits (of the dead).
    ¹⁷He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
    ¹⁸The wicked become a ransom for the [uncompromisingly] righteous, and the treacherous for the upright [because the wicked themselves fall into the traps and pits they have dug for the good].
    ¹⁹It is better to dwell in a desert land than with a contentious woman and with vexation.
    ²⁰There are precious treasures and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a self-confident and foolish man swallows it up and wastes it.
    ²¹He who earnestly seeks after and craves righteousness, mercy, and loving-kindness will find life in addition to righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) and honor.^{(E)
    22}A wise man scales the city walls of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
    ²³He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from troubles.^{(F)
    24}The proud and haughty man--Scoffer is his name--deals and acts with overbearing pride.
    ²⁵The desire of the slothful kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
    ²⁶He covets greedily all the day long, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous gives and does not withhold.^{(G)
    27}The sacrifice of the wicked is exceedingly disgusting and abhorrent [to the Lord]--how much more when he brings it with evil intention?
    ²⁸A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears attentively will endure and go unchallenged.
    ²⁹A wicked man puts on the bold, unfeeling face [of guilt], but as for the upright, he considers, directs, and establishes his way [with the confidence of integrity].
    ³⁰There is no [human] wisdom or understanding or counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord.
    ³¹The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but deliverance and victory are of the Lord.

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Proverb 20

Proverbs 20 (Amplified Bible)

Proverbs 20

 ¹WINE IS a mocker, strong drink a riotous brawler; and whoever errs or reels because of it is not wise.^{(A)     2}The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger or angers himself against him sins against his own life.
    ³It is an honor for a man to cease from strife and keep aloof from it, but every fool will quarrel.
    ⁴The sluggard does not plow when winter sets in; therefore he begs in harvest and has nothing.
    ⁵Counsel in the heart of man is like water in a deep well, but a man of understanding draws it out.^{(B)
    6}Many a man proclaims his own loving-kindness and goodness, but a faithful man who can find?
    ⁷The righteous man walks in his integrity; blessed (happy, fortunate, enviable) are his children after him.
    ⁸A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows out all evil [like chaff] with his eyes.
    ⁹Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?^{(C)
    10}Diverse weights [one for buying and another for selling] and diverse measures--both of them are exceedingly offensive and abhorrent to the Lord.^{(D)
    11}Even a child is known by his acts, whether [or not] what he does is pure and right.
    ¹²The hearing ear and the seeing eye--the Lord has made both of them.
    ¹³Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you will be satisfied with bread.
    ¹⁴It is worthless, it is worthless! says the buyer; but when he goes his way, then he boasts [about his bargain].
    ¹⁵There is gold, and a multitude of pearls, but the lips of knowledge are a vase of preciousness [the most precious of all].^{(E)
    16}[The judge tells the creditor] Take the garment of one who is security for a stranger; and hold him in pledge when he is security for foreigners.
    ¹⁷Food gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
    ¹⁸Purposes and plans are established by counsel; and [only] with good advice make or carry on war.
    ¹⁹He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore associate not with him who talks too freely.^{(F)
    20}Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in complete darkness.
    ²¹An inheritance hastily gotten [by greedy, unjust means] at the beginning, in the end it will not be blessed.^{(G)
    22}Do not say, I will repay evil; wait [expectantly] for the Lord, and He will rescue you.^{(H)
    23}Diverse and deceitful weights are shamefully vile and abhorrent to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
    ²⁴Man's steps are ordered by the Lord. How then can a man understand his way?
    ²⁵It is a snare to a man to utter a vow [of consecration] rashly and [not until] afterward inquire [whether he can fulfill it].
    ²⁶A wise king winnows out the wicked [from among the good] and brings the threshing wheel over them [to separate the chaff from the grain].
    ²⁷The spirit of man [that factor in human personality which proceeds immediately from God] is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.^{(I)
    28}Loving-kindness and mercy, truth and faithfulness, preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by [the people's] loyalty.
    ²⁹The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is their gray head [suggesting wisdom and experience].
    ³⁰Blows that wound cleanse away evil, and strokes [for correction] reach to the innermost parts.

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Psalm 139

Psalm 139 (Amplified Bible)

Psalm 139

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

 ¹O LORD, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me.     ²You know my downsitting and my uprising; You understand my thought afar off.^{(A)
    3}You sift and search out my path and my lying down, and You are acquainted with all my ways.
    ⁴For there is not a word in my tongue [still unuttered], but, behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.^{(B)
    5}You have beset me and shut me in--behind and before, and You have laid Your hand upon me.
    ⁶Your [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high above me, I cannot reach it.
    ⁷Where could I go from Your Spirit? Or where could I flee from Your presence?
    ⁸If I ascend up into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol (the place of the dead), behold, You are there.^{(C)
    9}If I take the wings of the morning or dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
    ¹⁰Even there shall Your hand lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.
    ¹¹If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me and the night shall be [the only] light about me,
    ¹²Even the darkness hides nothing from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You.^{(D)
    13}For You did form my inward parts; You did knit me together in my mother's womb.
    ¹⁴I will confess and praise You for You are fearful and wonderful and for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well.
    ¹⁵My frame was not hidden from You when I was being formed in secret [and] intricately and curiously wrought [as if embroidered with various colors] in the depths of the earth [a region of darkness and mystery].
    ¹⁶Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days [of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them.
    ¹⁷How precious and weighty also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!^{(E)
    18}If I could count them, they would be more in number than the sand. When I awoke, [could I count to the end] I would still be with You.
    ¹⁹If You would [only] slay the wicked, O God, and the men of blood depart from me--^{(F)
    20}Who speak against You wickedly, Your enemies who take Your name in vain!^{(G)
    21}Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You? And am I not grieved and do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
    ²²I hate them with perfect hatred; they have become my enemies.
    ²³Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
    ²⁴And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

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<sup>Acts 17: 24-31

24</sup>The God Who produced and formed the world and all things in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade shrines.
    ²⁵Neither is He served by human hands, as though He lacked anything, for it is He Himself Whogives life and breath and all things to all [people].^{(A)
    26}And He made from one [common origin, one source, one blood] all nations of men to settle on the face of the earth, having definitely determined [their] allotted periods of time and the fixed boundaries of their habitation (their settlements, lands, and abodes),
    ²⁷So that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after Him and find Him, although He is not far from each one of us.
    ²⁸For in Him we live and move and have our being; as even some of your [own] poets have said, For we are also His offspring.
    ²⁹Since then we are God's offspring, we ought not to suppose that Deity (the Godhead) is like gold or silver or stone, [of the nature of] a representation by human art and imagination, or anything constructed or invented.
    ³⁰Such [former] ages of ignorance God, it is true, ignored and allowed to pass unnoticed; but now He charges all people everywhere to repent (^[d]to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins),
    ³¹Because He has fixed a day when He will judge the world righteously (justly) by a Man Whom He has destined and appointed for that task, and He has made this credible and given conviction and assurance and evidence to everyone by raising Him from the dead.^(B)

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Good Morning Today is Friday 11.19.2010

Praise God through everything:

Let us remember the trapped miners and there family’s in New Zealand.

Father we thank you for their protection and for their safe return to their families.

Please keep all the mines and miners safe as they work so we can have power to live the life style we enjoy.

I am feeling the English side of my roots today. Enjoy some music from England. I love the big pipe organs. If it’s not your choice of music I understand how ever the words of the songs are key to today’s them. Praise God through everything.

Westminster Abbey Choir - Old 100th

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Psalm 21 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 21

Psalm 21 (The Message)

Psalm 21

A David Psalm

 ^1-7Your strength, God, is the king's strength. Helped, he's hollering Hosannas.
   You gave him exactly what he wanted;
      you didn't hold back.
   You filled his arms with gifts;
      you gave him a right royal welcome.
   He wanted a good life; you gave it to him,
      and then made it a long life as a bonus.
   You lifted him high and bright as a cumulus cloud,
      then dressed him in rainbow colors.
   You pile blessings on him;
      you make him glad when you smile.
   Is it any wonder the king loves God?
      that he's sticking with the Best?

 ^8-12 With a fistful of enemies in one hand
      and a fistful of haters in the other,
   You radiate with such brilliance
      that they cringe as before a furnace.
   Now the furnace swallows them whole,
      the fire eats them alive!
   You purge the earth of their progeny,
      you wipe the slate clean.
   All their evil schemes, the plots they cook up,
      have fizzled—every one.
   You sent them packing;
      they couldn't face you.

 ¹³ Show your strength, God, so no one can miss it.
      We are out singing the good news!

Proverb 19

Proverbs 19 (Amplified Bible)

Proverbs 19

 ¹BETTER IS a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is perverse in his speech and is a [self-confident] fool.     ²Desire without knowledge is not good, and to be overhasty is to sin and miss the mark.
    ³The foolishness of man subverts his way [ruins his affairs]; then his heart is resentful and frets against the Lord.
    ⁴Wealth makes many friends, but the poor man is avoided by his neighbor.^{(A)
    5}A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes out lies shall not escape.^{(B)
    6}Many will entreat the favor of a liberal man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.
    ⁷All the brothers of a poor man detest him--how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but they are gone.
    ⁸He who gains Wisdom loves his own life; he who keeps understanding shall prosper and find good.
    ⁹A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes forth lies shall perish.
    ¹⁰Luxury is not fitting for a [self-confident] fool--much less for a slave to rule over princes.
    ¹¹Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense.
    ¹²The king's wrath is as terrifying as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as [refreshing as] dew upon the grass.^{(C)
    13}A self-confident and foolish son is the [multiplied] calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continual dripping [of water through a chink in the roof].
    ¹⁴House and riches are the inheritance from fathers, but a wise, understanding, and prudent wife is from the Lord.^{(D)
    15}Slothfulness casts one into a deep sleep, and the idle person shall suffer hunger.
    ¹⁶He who keeps the commandment [of the Lord] keeps his own life, but he who despises His ways shall die.^{(E)
    17}He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and that which he has given He will repay to him.^{(F)
    18}Discipline your son while there is hope, but do not [indulge your angry resentments by undue chastisements and] set yourself to his ruin.
    ¹⁹A man of great wrath shall suffer the penalty; for if you deliver him [from the consequences], he will [feel free to] cause you to do it again.
    ²⁰Hear counsel, receive instruction, and accept correction, that you may be wise in the time to come.
    ²¹Many plans are in a man's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand.^{(G)
    22}That which is desired in a man is loyalty and kindness [and his glory and delight are his giving], but a poor man is better than a liar.
    ²³The reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord leads to life, and he who has it rests satisfied; he cannot be visited with [actual] evil.^{(H)
    24}The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
    ²⁵Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will increase in knowledge.
    ²⁶He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
    ²⁷Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to ignore it and stray from the words of knowledge.
    ²⁸A worthless witness scoffs at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity.
    ²⁹Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the backs of [self-confident] fools.⁽

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Psalm 20 (with text - press on more info.)

Good Morning today is 11.18.2010

Today we want to keep our eyes on the lord and draw close to him. Lets tell Him how much we love Him.
~ Gary

Draw Me Close to You

He Knows My Name

Proverb 18

Proverbs 18 (Amplified Bible)

Proverbs 18

 ¹HE WHO willfully separates and estranges himself [from God and man] seeks his own desire and pretext to break out against all wise and sound judgment.     ²A [self-confident] fool has no delight in understanding but only in revealing his personal opinions and himself.
    ³When the wicked comes in [to the depth of evil], he becomes a contemptuous despiser [of all that is pure and good], and with inner baseness comes outer shame and reproach.
    ⁴The words of a [discreet and wise] man's mouth are like deep waters [plenteous and difficult to fathom], and the fountain of skillful and godly Wisdom is like a gushing stream [sparkling, fresh, pure, and life-giving].
    ⁵To respect the person of the wicked and be partial to him, so as to deprive the [consistently] righteous of justice, is not good.
    ⁶A [self-confident] fool's lips bring contention, and his mouth invites a beating.
    ⁷A [self-confident] fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself.
    ⁸The words of a whisperer or talebearer are as dainty morsels; they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
    ⁹He who is loose and slack in his work is brother to him who is a destroyer and ^[a]he who does not use his endeavors to heal himself is brother to him who commits suicide.
    ¹⁰The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the [consistently] righteous man [upright and in right standing with God] runs into it and is safe, high [above evil] and strong.
    ¹¹The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high protecting wall in his own imagination and conceit.
    ¹²Haughtiness comes before disaster, but humility before honor.
    ¹³He who answers a matter before he hears the facts--it is folly and shame to him.^{(A)
    14}The strong spirit of a man sustains him in bodily pain or trouble, but a weak and broken spirit who can raise up or bear?
    ¹⁵The mind of the prudent is ever getting knowledge, and the ear of the wise is ever seeking (inquiring for and craving) knowledge.
    ¹⁶A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.^{(B)
    17}He who states his case first seems right, until his rival comes and cross-examines him.
    ¹⁸To cast lots puts an end to disputes and decides between powerful contenders.
    ¹⁹A brother offended is harder to be won over than a strong city, and [their] contentions separate them like the bars of a castle.
    ²⁰A man's [moral] self shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; and with the consequence of his words he must be satisfied [whether good or evil].
    ²¹Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life].^{(C)
    22}He who finds a [true] wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.^{(D)
    23}The poor man uses entreaties, but the rich answers roughly.
    ²⁴The man of many friends [a friend of all the world] will prove himself a bad friend, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverb 17

Proverbs 17 (Amplified Bible)

Proverbs 17

 ¹BETTER IS a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of feasting [on offered sacrifices] with strife.     ²A wise servant shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall share in the inheritance among the brothers.
    ³The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tries the hearts.^{(A)
    4}An evildoer gives heed to wicked lips; and a liar listens to a mischievous tongue.
    ⁵Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent or go unpunished.^{(B)
    6}Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.^{(C)
    7}Fine or arrogant speech does not befit [an empty-headed] fool--much less do lying lips befit a prince.
    ⁸A bribe is like a bright, precious stone that dazzles the eyes and affects the mind of him who gives it; [as if by magic] he prospers, whichever way he turns.
    ⁹He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats or harps on a matter separates even close friends.
    ¹⁰A reproof enters deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred lashes into a [self-confident] fool.^{(D)
    11}An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a stern and pitiless messenger shall be sent against him.
    ¹²Let [the brute ferocity of] a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a [self-confident] fool in his folly [when he is in a rage].^{(E)
    13}Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.^{(F)
    14}The beginning of strife is as when water first trickles [from a crack in a dam]; therefore stop contention before it becomes worse and quarreling breaks out.
    ¹⁵He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both an abomination [exceedingly disgusting and hateful] to the Lord.^{(G)
    16}Of what use is money in the hand of a [self-confident] fool to buy skillful and godly Wisdom--when he has no understanding or heart for it?
    ¹⁷A friend loves at all times, and is born, as is a brother, for adversity.
    ¹⁸A man void of good sense gives a pledge and becomes security for another in the presence of his neighbor.
    ¹⁹He who loves strife and is quarrelsome loves transgression and involves himself in guilt; he who raises high his gateway and is boastful and arrogant invites destruction.
    ²⁰He who has a wayward and crooked mind finds no good, and he who has a willful and contrary tongue will fall into calamity.^{(H)
    21}He who becomes the parent of a [self-confident] fool does it to his sorrow, and the father of [an empty-headed] fool has no joy [in him].
    ²²A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.^{(I)
    23}A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom (pocket) to pervert the ways of justice.
    ²⁴A man of understanding sets skillful and godly Wisdom before his face, but the eyes of a [self-confident] fool are on the ends of the earth.
    ²⁵A self-confident and foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
    ²⁶Also, to punish or fine the righteous is not good, nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.
    ²⁷He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding has a cool spirit.^{(J)
    28}Even a fool when he holds his peace is considered wise; when he closes his lips he is esteemed a man of understanding.

I will worship You

Awesome God

Psalm 31

Psalm 31 (Amplified Bible)

Psalm 31

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

 ¹IN YOU, O Lord, do I put my trust and seek refuge; let me never be put to shame or [have my hope in You] disappointed; deliver me in Your righteousness!     ²Bow down Your ear to me, deliver me speedily! Be my Rock of refuge, a strong Fortress to save me!
    ³Yes, You are my Rock and my Fortress; therefore for Your name's sake lead me and guide me.
    ⁴Draw me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for You are my Strength and my Stronghold.
    ⁵Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth and faithfulness.^{(A)
    6}[You and] I abhor those who pay regard to vain idols; but I trust in, rely on, and confidently lean on the Lord.
    ⁷I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy and steadfast love, because You have seen my affliction, You have taken note of my life's distresses,
    ⁸And You have not given me into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a broad place.
    ⁹Have mercy and be gracious unto me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; with grief my eye is weakened, also my inner self and my body.
    ¹⁰For my life is spent with sorrow and my years with sighing; my strength has failed because of my iniquity, and even my bones have wasted away.
    ¹¹To all my enemies I have become a reproach, but especially to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances, who flee from me on the street.
    ¹²I am forgotten like a dead man, and out of mind; like a broken vessel am I.
    ¹³For I have heard the slander of many; terror is on every side! While they schemed together against me, they plotted to take my life.
    ¹⁴But I trusted in, relied on, and was confident in You, O Lord; I said, You are my God.
    ¹⁵My times are in Your hands; deliver me from the hands of my foes and those who pursue me and persecute me.
    ¹⁶Let Your face shine on Your servant; save me for Your mercy's sake and in Your loving-kindness.
    ¹⁷Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, or disappointed, for I am calling upon You; let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol (the place of the dead).
    ¹⁸Let the lying lips be silenced, which speak insolently against the [consistently] righteous with pride and contempt.
    ¹⁹Oh, how great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear, revere, and worship You, goodness which You have wrought for those who trust and take refuge in You before the sons of men!
    ²⁰In the secret place of Your presence You hide them from the plots of men; You keep them secretly in Your pavilion from the strife of tongues.
    ²¹Blessed be the Lord! For He has shown me His marvelous loving favor when I was beset as in a besieged city.
    ²²As for me, I said in my haste and alarm, I am cut off from before Your eyes. But You heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to You for aid.
    ²³O love the Lord, all you His saints! The Lord preserves the faithful, and plentifully pays back him who deals haughtily.
    ²⁴Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for and hope for and expect the Lord!

Proverb 17

Proverbs 17 (Amplified Bible)

Proverbs 17

 ¹BETTER IS a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of feasting [on offered sacrifices] with strife.     ²A wise servant shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall share in the inheritance among the brothers.
    ³The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tries the hearts.^{(A)
    4}An evildoer gives heed to wicked lips; and a liar listens to a mischievous tongue.
    ⁵Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent or go unpunished.^{(B)
    6}Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.^{(C)
    7}Fine or arrogant speech does not befit [an empty-headed] fool--much less do lying lips befit a prince.
    ⁸A bribe is like a bright, precious stone that dazzles the eyes and affects the mind of him who gives it; [as if by magic] he prospers, whichever way he turns.
    ⁹He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats or harps on a matter separates even close friends.
    ¹⁰A reproof enters deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred lashes into a [self-confident] fool.^{(D)
    11}An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a stern and pitiless messenger shall be sent against him.
    ¹²Let [the brute ferocity of] a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a [self-confident] fool in his folly [when he is in a rage].^{(E)
    13}Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.^{(F)
    14}The beginning of strife is as when water first trickles [from a crack in a dam]; therefore stop contention before it becomes worse and quarreling breaks out.
    ¹⁵He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both an abomination [exceedingly disgusting and hateful] to the Lord.^{(G)
    16}Of what use is money in the hand of a [self-confident] fool to buy skillful and godly Wisdom--when he has no understanding or heart for it?
    ¹⁷A friend loves at all times, and is born, as is a brother, for adversity.
    ¹⁸A man void of good sense gives a pledge and becomes security for another in the presence of his neighbor.
    ¹⁹He who loves strife and is quarrelsome loves transgression and involves himself in guilt; he who raises high his gateway and is boastful and arrogant invites destruction.
    ²⁰He who has a wayward and crooked mind finds no good, and he who has a willful and contrary tongue will fall into calamity.^{(H)
    21}He who becomes the parent of a [self-confident] fool does it to his sorrow, and the father of [an empty-headed] fool has no joy [in him].
    ²²A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.^{(I)
    23}A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom (pocket) to pervert the ways of justice.
    ²⁴A man of understanding sets skillful and godly Wisdom before his face, but the eyes of a [self-confident] fool are on the ends of the earth.
    ²⁵A self-confident and foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
    ²⁶Also, to punish or fine the righteous is not good, nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.
    ²⁷He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding has a cool spirit.^{(J)
    28}Even a fool when he holds his peace is considered wise; when he closes his lips he is esteemed a man of understanding.

Good Morning today is Tuesday 11.16.2010

In John Wesley’s Explanatory Notes

Psalm 131 Verse 2 states:

[2] Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.

Surely — When my mind was provoked.

Weaned — Wholly depending upon God's providence, as the poor helpless infant, relies upon its mother for support.

When we look at all this information we see that we need to be in total dependence on God and not be in a rush. But to wait on him as we did when we were a child.

In doing this we can be ensured that we will get God best for us.

This is easier said than done in a world of instant gratification. But we need to be still and Know He is God, Caring and Loving.

This, my friend, is hard work.

The light hearted will just march off and do it their way.

Here we see again we are indeed in a season of “Welcome Trouble”

~ Gary

Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

The psalmist's humility. Believers encouraged to trust in God.
The psalmist aimed at nothing high or great, but to be content in every condition God allotted. Humble saints cannot think so well of themselves as others think of them. The love of God reigning in the heart, will subdue self-love. Where there is a proud heart, there is commonly a proud look. To know God and our duty, is learning sufficiently high for us. It is our wisdom not to meddle with that which does not belong to us. He was well reconciled to every condition the Lord placed him in. He had been as humble as a little child about the age of weaning, and as far from aiming at high things; as entirely at God's disposal, as the child at the disposal of the mother or nurse. We must become as little children, Matthew 18:3. Our hearts are desirous of worldly things, cry for them, and are fond of them; but, by the grace of God, a soul that is made holy, is weaned from these things. The child is cross and fretful while in the weaning; but in a day or two it cares no longer for milk, and it can bear stronger food. Thus does a converted soul quiet itself under the loss of what it loved, and disappointments in what it hoped for, and is easy whatever happens. When our condition is not to our mind, we must bring our mind to our condition; then we are easy to ourselves and all about us; then our souls are as a weaned child. And thus the psalmist recommends confidence in God, to all the Israel of God, from his own experience. It is good to hope, and quietly to wait for the salvation of the Lord under every trial.

Psalm 131: Like a weaned child

Psalm 131 - In You Lord I Have Found Peace

Psalm 131

Psalm 131 (Amplified Bible)

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

 ^1[a]LORD, MY heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in matters too great or in things too wonderful for me.     ²Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me [ceased from fretting].
    ³O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forever.

Proverb 16

Proverbs 16 (Amplified Bible)

Proverbs 16

 ¹THE PLANS of the mind and orderly thinking belong to man, but from the Lord comes the [wise] answer of the tongue.     ²All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirits (the thoughts and intents of the heart).^{(A)
    3}Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed.
    ⁴The Lord has made everything [to accommodate itself and contribute] to its own end and His own purpose--even the wicked [are fitted for their role] for the day of calamity and evil.
    ⁵Everyone proud and arrogant in heart is disgusting, hateful, and exceedingly offensive to the Lord; be assured [I pledge it] they will not go unpunished.^{(B)
    6}By mercy and love, truth and fidelity [to God and man--not by sacrificial offerings], iniquity is purged out of the heart, and by the reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord men depart from and avoid evil.
    ⁷When a man's ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
    ⁸Better is a little with righteousness (uprightness in every area and relation and right standing with God) than great revenues with injustice.^{(C)
    9}A man's mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps and makes them sure.^{(D)
    10}Divinely directed decisions are on the lips of the king; his mouth should not transgress in judgment.
    ¹¹A just balance and scales are the Lord's; all the weights of the bag are His work [established on His eternal principles].
    ¹²It is an abomination [to God and men] for kings to commit wickedness, for a throne is established and made secure by righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation).
    ¹³Right and just lips are the delight of a king, and he loves him who speaks what is right.
    ¹⁴The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
    ¹⁵In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favor is as a cloud bringing the spring rain.
    ¹⁶How much better it is to get skillful and godly Wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.^{(E)
    17}The highway of the upright turns aside from evil; he who guards his way preserves his life.
    ¹⁸Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
    ¹⁹Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the meek and poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.
    ²⁰He who deals wisely and heeds [God's] word and counsel shall find good, and whoever leans on, trusts in, and is confident in the Lord--happy, blessed, and fortunate is he.
    ²¹The wise in heart are called prudent, understanding, and knowing, and winsome speech increases learning [in both speaker and listener].
    ²²Understanding is a wellspring of life to those who have it, but to give instruction to fools is folly.
    ²³The mind of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning and persuasiveness to his lips.
    ²⁴Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the mind and healing to the body.
    ²⁵There is a way that seems right to a man and appears straight before him, but at the end of it is the way of death.
    ²⁶The appetite of the laborer works for him, for [the need of] his mouth urges him on.
    ²⁷A worthless man devises and digs up mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
    ²⁸A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.^{(F)
    29}The exceedingly grasping, covetous, and violent man entices his neighbor, leading him in a way that is not good.
    ³⁰He who shuts his eyes to devise perverse things and who compresses his lips [as if in concealment] brings evil to pass.
    ³¹The hoary head is a crown of beauty and glory if it is found in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation).^{(G)
    32}He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, he who rules his [own] spirit than he who takes a city.
    ³³The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is wholly of the Lord [even the events that seem accidental are really ordered by Him].