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PROVERBS 17

 Solomon’s wisdom continued 

Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith

THAN an house full of sacrifices with strife                         verse 1

            WEALTH

A WISE servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame

            AND shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren verse 2

WEALTH

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PROVERBS 16

 

Plans should come from the LORD                              verse 1- 4 

The preparation of the heart in man

AND the answer of the tongue is from the LORD

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes       

BUT the LORD weighs the spirits

Commit your works to the LORD

AND your thoughts shall be established

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PROVERBS 15

DEALING WITH CONVERSATION                verse 1- 5

               A soft answer turns away wrath   BUT grievous words stir up anger                                                                                                                               MOUTH                                                          The tongue of the WISE uses knowledge aright BUT the mouth of FOOLS pours out   

                            foolishness                                                                – WICKED                                                                                                                                                                                                    The eyes of the LORD are in every place beholding: evil and good                                                          

                                                                                                                 – Omniscience of God                                                

                  A wholesome tongue is a

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PROVERBS 14

         

Wisdom of Solomon                                  verse 1-35

Wisdom and folly                                                verse 1-9

Every WISE woman builds her house

BUT the FOOLISH plucks it down with her hands               verse 1

             WORK ETHIC

He that walks in his UPRIGHTNESS fears the LORD

BUT he that is PERVERSE in his ways despises HIM         verse 2

             WICKED & RIGHTEOUS

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PROVERBS 13

CHAPTER: PROVERBS 13 

Wisdom of Solomon (con’t)                                                    verse 1- 25

A wise son hears his father’s instruction                                                        verse 1

BUT a scorner hears not rebuke

            – CHASTENING

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth                                              verse 2

BUT the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence

            – MOUTH

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PROVERBS 12

Wisdom of Solomon                                                                  verse 1- 28

Whoso loves instruction loves knowledge                          verse 1

BUT he that hates reproof is brutish

– TEACHING

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PROVERBS 11

PERSONAL INTREGATY                       verse 1- 9

A false balance is abomination to the LORD

BUT a just weight is HIS delight – BUSINESS

When pride comes – THEN comes shame

BUT with the lowly is wisdom

WICKED & RIGHTEOUS

The integrity of the upright shall guide them

BUT the perverseness of transgressors

shall destroy them

                  WICKED & RIGHTEOUS

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PROVERBS 10

Introduction of Solomon                                               verse 1- 5 

The Proverbs of Solomon

A wise son makes a glad father

BUT a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing

BUT the righteousness delivers from death                          

The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish

BUT HE casts away the substance of the wicked

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PROVERBS 9

Biblical wisdom is ready to teach                                  verse 1- 3 

Wisdom has built her house – she has hewn out her seven pillars

she has killed her beasts – she has mingled her wine

she has also furnished her table

she has sent forth her maidens

she cries upon the highest places of the city 

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PROVERBS 8

Wisdom cries out to those who will listen                               verse 1- 3 

Does not wisdom cry? And understanding put forth her voice?

she stands in the top of high places

      by the way in the places of the paths

she cries at the gates – at the entry of the city

      at the coming in at the doors 

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