A Good and Priceless Tongue
“…a word spoken in due season, how good it is!… A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver” (Proverbs 15:23; 25:11). Send article as PDF
Category: proverbs
The Value of Good Advice
“Without counsel, plans go awry, but in the multitude of counselors they are established” (Proverbs 15:22). Send article as PDF
Bad and Good Joy
“Folly is joy to him who is destitute of discernment, but a man of understanding walks upright…A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!” (Proverbs 15:21, 23). Send article as PDF
Parents and Children
“A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother” (Proverbs 15:20). Send article as PDF
The Hard Life
“The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the upright is a highway” (Proverbs 15:19). Send article as PDF
What’s Stirring
“A wrathful man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger allays contention…Hatred stirs up strife…He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife…An angry man stirs up strife…” (Proverbs 15:18; 10:12; 28:25; 29:22). Send article as PDF
That’s Better
“Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure with trouble. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted calf with hatred…Better is a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of feasting with strife” (Proverbs 15:16-17; 17:1). Send article as PDF
Your Heart’s Treasure
“The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness” (Proverbs 15:14). Send article as PDF
A Merry Heart
“A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken…All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast…A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones” (Proverbs 15:13,…
Casting Your Pearls Before Scoffers
“A scoffer does not love one who corrects him, nor will he go to the wise…He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself, and he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself. Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; rebuke a wise man, and…