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].

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Good Morning today is Monday 11.15.2010

Let us not be ashamed of the truth of the Lord.

We should always rejoice and be glad.

When trouble comes we should check and make sure we are in line with the Lord and if there is no sin in the camp then rejoice and be glad for you must be on the right track.

When needs start piling up and check your giving and make sure you have kept all your promises to God. Then start giving offerings over your tithe and name the seed. If you are seeding for a new car then when you put your offering in the collection call out to the Lord and name the seed for a new car or whatever you are believing for.

When the farmer plants corn he expects a harvest of corn not peas. So name your seed and have faith.

God will respond.

~Gary                                              

Psalm 25 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 25

Psalm 25 (Amplified Bible)

Psalm 25

[A Psalm] of David.

 ¹UNTO YOU, O Lord, do I bring my life.     ²O my God, I trust, lean on, rely on, and am confident in You. Let me not be put to shame or [my hope in You] be disappointed; let not my enemies triumph over me.
    ³Yes, let none who trust and wait hopefully and look for You be put to shame or be disappointed; let them be ashamed who forsake the right or deal treacherously without cause.
    ⁴Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths.
    ⁵Guide me in Your truth and faithfulness and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; for You [You only and altogether] do I wait [expectantly] all the day long.
    ⁶Remember, O Lord, Your tender mercy and loving-kindness; for they have been ever from of old.
    ⁷Remember not the sins (the lapses and frailties) of my youth or my transgressions; according to Your mercy and steadfast love remember me, for Your goodness' sake, O Lord.
    ⁸Good and upright is the Lord; therefore will He instruct sinners in [His] way.
    ⁹He leads the humble in what is right, and the humble He teaches His way.
    ¹⁰All the paths of the Lord are mercy and steadfast love, even truth and faithfulness are they for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
    ¹¹For Your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity and my guilt, for [they are] great.
    ¹²Who is the man who reverently fears and worships the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way that he should choose.
    ¹³He himself shall dwell at ease, and his offspring shall inherit the land.
    ¹⁴The secret [of the sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they who fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them its [deep, inner] meaning.^{(A)
    15}My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for He will pluck my feet out of the net.
    ¹⁶[Lord] turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
    ¹⁷The troubles of my heart are multiplied; bring me out of my distresses.
    ¹⁸Behold my affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins [of thinking and doing].
    ¹⁹Consider my enemies, for they abound; they hate me with cruel hatred.
    ²⁰O keep me, Lord, and deliver me; let me not be ashamed or disappointed, for my trust and my refuge are in You.
    ²¹Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for and expect You.
    ²²Redeem Israel, O God, out of all their troubles.

Proverb 15

Proverbs 15 (Amplified Bible)

Proverbs 15

 ¹A SOFT answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.^{(A)     2}The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of the [self-confident] fool pours out folly.
    ³The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch upon the evil and the good.^{(B)
    4}A gentle tongue [with its healing power] is a tree of life, but willful contrariness in it breaks down the spirit.
    ⁵A fool despises his father's instruction and correction, but he who regards reproof acquires prudence.
    ⁶In the house of the [uncompromisingly] righteous is great [priceless] treasure, but with the income of the wicked is trouble and vexation.
    ⁷The lips of the wise disperse knowledge [sifting it as chaff from the grain]; not so the minds and hearts of the self-confident and foolish.
    ⁸The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, hateful and exceedingly offensive to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight!^{(C)
    9}The way of the wicked is an abomination, extremely disgusting and shamefully vile to the Lord, but He loves him who pursues righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation).
    ¹⁰There is severe discipline for him who forsakes God's way; and he who hates reproof will die [physically, morally, and spiritually].
    ¹¹Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the abyss, the final place of the accuser Satan) are both before the Lord--how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men?^{(D)
    12}A scorner has no love for one who rebukes him; neither will he go to the wise [for counsel].
    ¹³A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.^{(E)
    14}The mind of him who has understanding seeks knowledge and inquires after and craves it, but the mouth of the [self-confident] fool feeds on folly.^{(F)
    15}All the days of the desponding and afflicted are made evil [by anxious thoughts and forebodings], but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of circumstances].
    ¹⁶Better is little with the reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord than great and rich treasure and trouble with it.^{(G)
    17}Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it.^{(H)
    18}A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger appeases contention.
    ¹⁹The way of the sluggard is overgrown with thorns [it pricks, lacerates, and entangles him], but the way of the righteous is plain and raised like a highway.
    ²⁰A wise son makes a glad father, but a self-confident and foolish man despises his mother and puts her to shame.
    ²¹Folly is pleasure to him who is without heart and sense, but a man of understanding walks uprightly [making straight his course].^{(I)
    22}Where there is no counsel, purposes are frustrated, but with many counselors they are accomplished.
    ²³A man has joy in making an apt answer, and a word spoken at the right moment--how good it is!
    ²⁴The path of the wise leads upward to life, that he may avoid [the gloom] in the depths of Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead).^{(J)
    25}The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but He makes secure the boundaries of the [consecrated] widow.
    ²⁶The thoughts of the wicked are shamefully vile and exceedingly offensive to the Lord, but the words of the pure are pleasing words to Him.
    ²⁷He who is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household, but he who hates bribes will live.^{(K)
    28}The mind of the [uncompromisingly] righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.^{(L)
    29}The Lord is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the [consistently] righteous (the upright, in right standing with Him).
    ³⁰The light in the eyes [of him whose heart is joyful] rejoices the hearts of others, and good news nourishes the bones.
    ³¹The ear that listens to the reproof [that leads to or gives] life will remain among the wise.
    ³²He who refuses and ignores instruction and correction despises himself, but he who heeds reproof gets understanding.
    ³³The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord brings instruction in Wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

The Music of the Bible Revealed: Psalms 100

psalm 100

Psalm 100 (Amplified Bible)

A Psalm of thanksgiving and for the thank offering.

 ¹MAKE A joyful noise to the Lord, all you lands!     ²Serve the Lord with gladness! Come before His presence with singing!
    ³Know (perceive, recognize, and understand with approval) that the Lord is God! It is He Who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]! We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.^{(A)
    4}Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and a thank offering and into His courts with praise! Be thankful and say so to Him, bless and affectionately praise His name!
    ⁵For the Lord is good; His mercy and loving-kindness are everlasting, His faithfulness and truth endure to all generations.

100 Psalm

Psalm 29

Psalm 29 (Amplified Bible)

Psalm 29

A Psalm of David.

 ^1[a]ASCRIBE TO the Lord, O sons of the mighty, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.     ²Give to the Lord the glory due to His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness or in holy array.
    ³The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the Lord is upon many (great) waters.
    ⁴The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
    ⁵The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; yes, the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
    ⁶He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion (Mount Hermon) like a young, wild ox.
    ⁷The voice of the Lord splits and flashes forth forked lightning.
    ⁸The voice of the Lord makes the wilderness tremble; the Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
    ⁹The voice of the Lord makes the hinds bring forth their young, and His voice strips bare the forests, while in His temple everyone is saying, Glory!
    ¹⁰The Lord sat as King over the deluge; the Lord [still] sits as King [and] forever!
    ¹¹The Lord will give [unyielding and impenetrable] strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.