Proverbs

The Book of Proverbs.

2. Wisdom is Treasure

21-22: Important in an age of fears of disinheritance.

3. Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart

I have the love... but what if I'm not steadfast?

5-6:

My mother's bible verses for me.

This is a discipline you can actively pursue.

It should not take you long to find thoughts in yourself, ways of being, that do not yet acknowledge God. Choose to trust. A lot of people feel rotten in their bones because they haven't set all their thoughts to him.

9: This is not just money - this verse assumes you make things. With what you make, does it honor God? The wealth of your life is its time, your words, your enjoyments, your people. Dedicate them to God.

29: Important to keep this in mind in malicious group chats you may encounter.

I fear greater anarchy and injustice in this land as selfish, wicked men band together to exert control over the weaker and less organized.

4. A Father’s Wise Instruction

Everyone wants wealth and glory, few want to be wise.

13 - do not let go - but I find myself forgetting so many of the great insights I've learned, moments of pure love and trust and glory. By the grace of God sometimes they pop back into your head. But I don't always know how to bring back to mind at the right time.

18-27: Straight on the sunshine path!

How do I know what counts as crooked speech? Deception, malice... what about obscure or discreet speech?

5. Adultery

All these warnings apply to pornography - wasted time, guilt, no discipline, berating yourself in church. Don't scatter your streams in desert places.