Bible Verses–Proverbs 1:5-7

April 30, 2019

Proverbs 1:5-7

5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to wise counsels:
6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Bible Verse–Psalm 147:5

Psalm 147:5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

The Truth of Job's Trials

Every brother and sister in the Lord who knows the Scriptures very well is familiar with Job’s trials. In Scripture it is written about him, “There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, ...

Bible Verse–Psalm 28:7

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise Him.

Bible Verse–Song of Solomon 8:6

Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which has a most vehement flame.

Bible Verse–Psalm 125:1

They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but stays for ever.

King Solomon’s Trouble: Emptiness

I felt very puzzled every time I read the Book of Ecclesiastes; it says: “I sought in my heart to give myself to wine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do...

Bible Verse–Hebrews 5:9

And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation to all them that obey him;