[:en]Our Daily Verse (4/17/21)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  PROVERBS 19

“Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse” (Proverbs 19:1)

“Wealth brings many friends, but a poor man’s friend deserts him” (Proverbs 19:4)

“He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who cherishes understanding prospers” (Proverbs 19:8)

“A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will perish” (Proverbs 19:9)

“A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense” (Proverbs 19:11)

“A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping” (Proverbs 19:13)

“Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord” (Proverbs 19:14)

“He who is kind to the poor lends to the lord, and he will reward him for what he has done” (Proverbs 19:17)

“Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death” (Proverbs 19:18)

“Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise” (Proverbs 19:20)

“Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails” (Proverbs 19:21)

“He who robs his father and drives out his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace” (Proverbs 19:26)

RICH AND POOR

  1. The poor with blameless walk is better than the rich with perverse lips (v. 1)
  2. The rich has many friends but a poor man is shunned by his relatives and his friends avoid him (v. 4, 7)
  3. Better to be poor and honest than being rich but a liar (v.  22)

WISE AND FOOLISH

  1. A fool’s hearts rages against the Lord and ruins his life.  The wise obeys instruction and guards his life (v. 3, 16)
  2. The wise has patience and overlook offense but the a foolish is hot-tempered without self-control (v.. 11, 19)

FATHER AND SON

  1.  The father who discipline his son will help him build character but the son who robs his fathers and drives out his mother brings shame and disgrace (v. 18, 26)
  2. Lazy sons only bring poverty (v. 15)
  3. To have a fool for a son brings grief; there is no joy for the father of a fool (v. 21)

  4. A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him” (v. 25)

 

 

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