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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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

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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.

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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].