What
our country (nation) needs! We will never hear the Gospel until we have
actually been made uneasy by it. When pleasure has nothing to give to you
anymore!
Proverbs
21 New
International Version
In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he
channels toward all who please him.
A person may think their own ways
are right, but the Lord weighs the heart.
To do what is right and just is
more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the
unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.
The plans of the diligent lead to
profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.
A fortune made by a lying tongue is
a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.
The violence of the wicked will
drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right.
The way of the guilty is devious, but
the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Better to live on a corner of the
roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
The wicked crave evil; their
neighbors get no mercy from them.
When a mocker is punished, the
simple gain wisdom; by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.
The
Righteous One takes note of the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to
ruin.
Whoever shuts their ears to the
cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.
A gift given in secret soothes
anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.
When
justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.
Whoever strays from the path of
prudence comes to rest in the company of the dead.
Whoever loves pleasure will
become poor; whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.
The wicked become a ransom for
the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.
Better to live in a desert than
with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.
The wise store up choice food and
olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down.
Whoever pursues righteousness and
love finds life, prosperity and honor.
One who
is wise can go up against the city of the mighty and pull down the stronghold
in which they trust.
Those who guard their mouths and
their tongues keep themselves from calamity.
The proud and arrogant
person—“Mocker” is his name— behaves with insolent fury.
The craving of a sluggard will be
the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.
All day long he craves for more, but the righteous
give without sparing.
The sacrifice of the wicked is
detestable— how much more so when brought with evil intent!
A false
witness will perish, but a careful listener will testify successfully.
The
wicked put up a bold front, but the upright give thought to their ways.
There is no wisdom, no insight,
no plan that can succeed against the Lord.
The horse is made ready for the
day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord.
We Claim
these things with the Power in the Name of Jesus; Christ the Messiah. Amen.
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- Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. Purchased Product License 01/09/2015
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