Every Word

Work Hard!

God believes in hard work.

 

“As a door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy man on his bed.”

- Proverbs 26:14 (NKJV)

There Are Things We Don’t Know

We’ll keep searching.

 

“It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.”

- Proverbs 25:2 (KJV)

We’re Going to Try Something

It only helps the devil.

 

“Do not say, ‘I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.’”

- Proverbs 24:29 (NKJV)

Don’t Leave Them to Run Wild

Seems strong, doesn’t it?

 

“Put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.”

- Proverbs 23:2 (NKJV)

You’re Better Off Without Them

His friend snapped.

 

“Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go.”

- Proverbs 22:24 (NKJV)

What Goes Around Comes Around

It’s easier for the church to check out.

 

“Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will also cry himself and not be heard.”

- Proverbs 21:13 (NKJV)

I Was With a Woman in Another Country

Crime doesn’t pay.

 

“Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.”

- Proverbs 20:17 (KJV)

Say “No” More Often

You can’t always get what you want.

 

“Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not set your heart on his destruction.”

- Proverbs 19:18 (NKJV)

Half-Cocked

Less damage that way…

 

“He who answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame to him.”

- Proverbs 18:13 (NKJV)

That’s God Growing You

You’re worth more to God than that.

 

“The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the hearts.”

- Proverbs 17:3 (NKJV)