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  • The Bible’s Proverbs on Speech (Wise and Foolish Talk)

    If you read my family devotionals, or if we’ve talked about spiritual matters in recent years, you probably know that I am a big fan of The Daily Bible. In fact, it has been one of my top five purchases ever. For this post, I’m going to “borrow” from The Daily Bible’s topical organization of the…

  • Godly Ways to Discipline a Child

    How should parents discipline their kids in a godly way? GOD’s wisdom for disciplining children is quite different than the world’s wisdom. “The two topics about which people are least open to receiving advice are parenting and religion.”—Anonymous I heard some variation to this quote years ago and have found it to be quite true,…

  • May 25 – The Virtuous Wife

    Reading Joy and Grief – Prov. 14:10, 13; 15:13; 17:22; 18:14; 25:20; 27:11; 29:6 Good News – Prov. 15:30; 25:25 Curiosity – Prov. 27:20 Sayings of Agur, son of Jakeh, an oracle – Prov. 30:1-33 Sayings of King Lemuel – Prov. 31:1-31 Devotional Today’s reading includes the beautiful passage commonly referred to as “The Virtuous…

  • May 24 – Proverbs About Children

    Reading Persons and Attributes Parents and Children – Prov. 1:8-9; 10:1; 11:29; 15:20; 17:2, 6, 21, 25; 19:26; 20:20; 23:22-25; 28:24 The Elderly – Prov. 16:31; 20:29 Women and Wives – Prov. 11:22; 12:4; 14:1; 18:22; 19:13-14; 21:9; 25:24; 21:19; 27:15-16 Kings and Rulers – Prov. 14:28, 35; 16:10, 12-15; 17:7, 11; 19:12; 20:2, 8,…

  • May 21 – Wise and Truthful Speech

    Reading Wise and Foolish Talk – Prov. 14:3; 15:2, 7; 16:23; 18:6-7; 19:1; 23:15-16 Righteous and Wicked Talk – Prov. 10:20-21, 31-32; 11:11; 12:13-14; 13:2; 15:28; 17:4 Appropriate Speech – Prov. 15:23; 16:21, 24; 25:11; 27:14 Maintaining Silence – Prov. 10:19; 12:23; 13:3; 17:28; 18:13; 21:23 Controlled Speech – Prov. 15:1; 17:27; 25:15; 26:28; 28:23;…

  • May 20 – Self-control, Patience and Tempers

    Reading Self-control – Prov. 25:28; 29:11 Rashness – Prov. 20:25; 21:5; 25:8; 29:20 Temper and Patience – Prov. 12:16; 14:16-17; 14:29; 15:18; 16:32; 19:11, 19; 22:24-25; 29:8, 22 Drunkenness and gluttony – Prov. 20:1; 23:19-21, 29-35 Adultery – Prov. 5:1-23; 6:20-35; 7:1-27; 22:14 Prostitution – Prov. 23:26-28; 29:3 Devotional There are countless critically-important teachings contained…

  • May 19 – Pride and Humility

    Reading Sincere Motivation Motive and the Heart – Prov. 15:11; 16:2; 17:3; 20:11, 27; 21:2; 27:19 False Worship – Prov. 15:8, 29; 21:3, 27 Duplicity – Prov. 6:12-15; 10:10-11; 11:3; 16:30; 20:14; 23:6-8; 26:23-26 Concern for Others Love and Faithfulness – Prov. 3:3-4; 16:6; 20:6; 25:19 Love, Hatred, and Compassion – Prov. 10:12; 15:17; 17:5;…

  • May 18 – The Importance of Discipline

    Reading Sharing and Responding to Wisdom Advice and Rebuke – Prov. 3:1-2; 9:7-9; 10:8; 12:15; 13:1, 13; 15:31; 17:10; 19:16, 20, 25, 27; 23:9; 25:12; 27:5-6, 17; 29:1 Value of Advisers – Prov. 11:14; 15:22; 20:18; 24:5-6 Discipline – Prov. 3:11-12; 10:17; 12:1; 13:18, 24; 15:5, 10, 12, 32; 19:18; 20:30; 22:6, 15; 23:13-14; 29:15,…

  • May 17 – Fear GOD and Trust in Him

    Reading Value of Wise Sayings – Prov. 22:17-21 Purpose of Proverbs – Prov. 1:1-7; 25:1 Preeminence of God Fear of the Lord – Prov. 9:10-12; 10:27; 14:2, 26-27; 15:33; 19:23; 28:14 Trust in God or Self – 3:5-8; 14:12; 16:3, 20; 18:2, 4, 10; 19:3; 20:24; 21:22; 26:12; 28:26; 29:25 Divine Providence – 15:3; 16:1,…

  • May 16 – The Importance of Wisdom

    Reading Prov. 8:1-9:6; 2:1-22; 3:13-24; 1:20-33; 9:13-18; 4:1-27 Devotional Today’s reading begins our look into the Proverbs. Proverbs are short, wise sayings. Solomon spoke over 3,000 proverbs and the Bible book entitled Proverbs contains many of them, as well as proverbs from a few other individuals. In the Daily Bible, the proverbs are categorized and…