Wednesday... They give so much insight and wisdom.

I don't know how long I have been reading a chapter in Proverbs everyday. Today is the 10th day of this month and I read chapter 10. They give so much insight and wisdom.

Verse 2 (NLT) says, "Tainted wealth has no lasting value, but right living can save your life." The Message says, "Ill gotten gain gets you nowhere; an honest life is immortal." But you might say, 'I need money, money any way I can get it" But that isn't the whole truth. You can also lose it fast.

Verse 3, "God won't starve an honest soul, but he frustrates the appetites of the wicked." The Amplified Bible says it this way, "The Lord will not allow the righteous to hunger [God will meet all his needs], but he will reject and cast away the cravings of the wicked."

And then verse 4 (NLT), "Lazy people are soon poor, hard workers get rich." The NIRV says, "Hands that don't want to work make you poor. But hands that work hard bring wealth to you."

Just some thoughts today from Proverbs 10:2-4 and then the last two verses of this chapter says, verses 31 & 32, "The mouth of those who do right produce wisdom. But tongues that speak twisted words will be made silent. Those who do right know the proper thing to say. But those who do wrong speak only twisted words."

The Message says, "A good person's mouth is a clear fountain of wisdom; a foul mouth is a stagnant swamp. The speech of a good person clears the air; the words of the wicked pollute it." We sure have a lot of pollution going around in this day in which we live, don't we?

Again the Proverbs give so much insight and wisdom. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Monday... He did it by Himself

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