Tag: Proverbs
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Nuggets of wisdom
There are many sayings with merit in Proverbs. I think the thing that is hard is that there is no structure or order, just little pearls scattered all about.
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Whom the Lord loveth He correcteth
Not that this is a new concept for me but the full version of Proverbs 3:12 is “For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.” Tonight that hit me differently because I know by experience that only a father who does not delight in his son…
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The promise of desire
We are promised many times that we will be granted what we desire whether to our benefit of detriment. Elder Maxwell clarifies that this is true on the macro level (ie. we will receive what we consistently desire over time, not necessarily everything that we fleetingly desire). The key is to remember that we can…
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Scriptural fatherhood
Father’s are to teach their children and not provoke them. They are to provide for the needs of their family and are promised that in doing so they will not lose their eternal reward. Those who set their own house in order will be richly rewarded while those who fail at this will inherit the…
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13 August 2012
Proverbs 29 – 31 “A child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.” Children left to themselves are the reason for much of our problems in society and in perpetually dysfunctional societies that pattern repeats itself. “Where the is no vision, the people perish…” Welcome to my family—right now I lack vision and I…
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12 August 2012
Proverbs 27 – 28 “Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knower not what a day may bring forth.” in other words, as I have learned, nothing is certain until it has come to pass. We may prepare and plan and increase probability for something but things can change—especially in matters where we might feel…
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11 August 2012
Proverbs 25 – 26 Some of these are identical to previous proverbs. It sounds like this is a second compilation that overlaps or intersects the previous compilation of proverbs.
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10 August 2012
Proverbs 24 While there may be safety in a multitude of counselors that may only be true for someone with enough wisdom to know which counselor(s) to listen to on a given topic or at a given time. The tone of this chapter seems different—more personal—as if it was given in private rather than in…
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9 August 2012
Proverbs 22 – 23 I like the way it says that the rich and the poor shall meet together. The context implies that their meeting together shall be as equals standing before the Lord for judgement.
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8 August 2012
Proverbs 19 – 21 Diverse weights and diverse measures are both examples of double standards. Any double standard is an abomination to the Lord.