May 30, 2025
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Reading along with us in Judges, Proverbs, and Psalms? Here’s today’s reading:
Proverbs 12 (NIV)
1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but whoever hates correction is stupid.
2 Good people obtain favor from the Lord,
but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.
3 No one can be established through wickedness,
but the righteous cannot be uprooted.……Continue Reading
Our words and actions are important to God. We should be treating others with care and concern (even our animals) and encouraging them. We should live a life pleasing to God, and not to please our self or our worldy desires. We recognize that what God did for us far outweighs anything we could ever do for Him and so we give our lives as a living sacrifice that every thing we would do would be in worship to Him.
Proverbs 12
Proverbs 12
Once again this Proverb emphasizes the benefits of righteousness and the negative things that come from wickedness. The righteous follow truth and that leads to blessing and life. But they are also open to correction because they are humble and always recognize the need for improvement. Hard work is also valued here, and righteous people recognize that and are blessed by it. When you are always working the angles and trying to prosper from deceit and evil, there will come a time that it will fall down, by the authority or by people that are more evil. I love v. 16, Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult. And Proverbs 12:25 reminded me of what we have studied in Philippians. We are wise to add the Proverbs as a daily dose of wisdom…