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Proverbs Reflections
Chapter
Title
1:1-7
Let's Get Started
1:1-7
Wisdom is Available to Everyone
1:8-19
Remember Family Values
1:8-19
Following the Wrong Crowd
1:20-23
Turn Down the Volume
1:20-23
Give Them Wisdom
1:24-33
I Told You So
1:24-33
Fools Need Not Apply
2:1-5
Good Old Common Sense
2:1-5
The Treasure of Wisdom
2:6-8
Good Advice
2:6-8
God’s Got This
2:9-11
Wisdom Trumps Knowledge
2:9-11
Divine Mind Control
2:12-15
Protect Yourself
2:12-15
Protect Us from Evil
2:16-19
Read the Road Signs
2:16-19
The Surety of Purity
2:20-22
The Carpenter's File
2:20-22
Good Friends
3:1-4
The Executive Summary
3:1-4
Success in God
3:5-6
Crisis Management
3:5-6
All Your Heart
3:7-8
Health and Strength
3:7-8
Health and Strength
3:9-10
More Than Enough
3:9-10
More than Enough
3:11-12
Course Correction
3:11-12
Course Correction
3:13-18
What do I really want out of life?
3:13-18
What do I Really Want out of Life?
3:19-20
Spectacular Displays
3:19-20
Spectacular Displays
3:21-26
Living in the Real World
3:21-26
Living in the Real World
3:27-30
Selfish or Selfless
3:27-30
Selfish or Selfless
3:31-35
The “All In” Friend
3:31-35
The “All In” Friend
4:1-4
Learn Common Sense
4:1-4
Learn Common Sense
4:5-9
A Crown of Beauty
4:5-9
A Crown of Beauty
4:10-19
Darkness and Light
4:10-19
Darkness and Light
4:20-23
Three Steps
4:20-23
Three Steps
4:24-27
Security on Solid Ground
5:1-6
Tongue Tied
5:1-6
Tongue Tied
5:7-14
The Web of Sin, the Trap of Regret
5:7-14
The Web of Sin, the Trap of Regret
5:15-20
A Matter of Faithfulness
5:15-20
A Matter of Faithfulness
5:21-23
Who's Your Brother?
5:21-23
Who's Your Brother?
6:1-5
Humility
6:1-5
Humility
6:6-11
Procrastinators Anonymous
6:6-11
Procrastinators Anonymous
6:12-15
Deceivers Among Us
6:12-15
Deceivers Among Us
6:16-19
Stuff that Grosses Out God
6:16-19
Stuff that Grosses Out God
6:20-35
Nice Eyes, Nice Words . . . No Thank You!
6:20-35
Nice Eyes, Nice Words . . . No Thank You!
7:1-5
Vitamins for the Soul
7:1-5
Vitamins for the Soul
7:6-27
Perilous Preoccupation
7:6-27
Perilous Preoccupation
8:1-11
Heeding a lonely voice
8:1-11
Heeding a Lonely Voice
8:12-21
The Anatomy of Wisdom
8:12-21
The Anatomy of Wisdom
8:22-31
First things First
8:22-31
First Things First
8:32-36
Wisdom as a Verb
8:32-36
Wisdom as a Verb
9:1-9
Wisdom Calls Your Name
9:10-17
First Things First
10:1-7
Simple but Hard
10:8-12
Good Sense for a Good Life
10:13-17
More on Good Sense
10:18-21
Your Worst Enemy
10:22-25
Best Recipe for Stress Free Living
10:26-32
A Long Good Life – Really?
11:1-6
Get With the Program
11:7-14
Wisdom’s Protection and Hope
11:14-28
Royal Redemption
11:15-17
Taking “Unwise” Risks
11:15-17
Taking “Unwise” Risks
11:18-23
Always Do the Right Thing
11:18-23
Always Do the Right Thing
11:24-28
A Kingdom View of Prosperity
11:24-28
A Kingdom View of Prosperity
11:29-31
Hope for All
11:29-31
Hope for All
12:1-8
Accepting Correction
12:1-8
Accepting Correction
12:9-12
The Battle with Dissatisfaction
12:9-12
The Battle with Dissatisfaction
12:13-19
Words Matter
12:20-28
Being God’s Friend
13:1-4
When to Take our Parents’ Advice
13:1-12
Watershed Moments
13:5-10
Don’t sin: haven’t we heard this before?
13:11-15
Fulfilled Desires
13:16-25
Fool’s Gold
14:1-6
Pit or the Palace
14:7-14
A “No Regrets” Life
14:15-19
True Colours
14:20-27
A Safe Place
14:28-35
Righteous Anger
15:1-2
Below the Waterline
15:3-7
Seeds
15:8-12
School of Hard Knocks
15:13-15
Behind the Smile
15:16-17
Pursuing the Good Life
15:18-22
Achieving Your Goals
15:23-28
Your Legacy
15:29-33
Teachable
16:1-3
General Know It All
16:4-9
Pride and Grace
16:10-15
Wisdom in Government
16:16-20
Warnings and Rewards
16:21-24
Wisdom Brings Influence
16:25-27
The Danger of Isolation
16:28
The Juicy Tidbit
16:29-30
The Danger of Isolation
16:31-33
Whose Rules?
17:1-3
Our Daily Bread
17:4-6
Basic Truthfulness
17:7-8
When the Truth Hurts
17:9
The Juicy Tidbit
17:10
When the Truth Hurts
17:11-16
Of Bears and Dripping Taps
17:17
Loyalty in adversity
17:18
Avoiding Destructive Promises
17:19-22
Guarding your friendships
17:23-26
Choosing An Inconvenient Justice
17:27-28
A Cool Spirit
18:1-5
The Source Determines the Supply
18:6-8
A Deadly Diet
18:9
The Working Life
18:10-11
Ultimate Safety
18:12-16
Wisdom = Knowledge + Action
18:17-19
A Wall Or A Bridge?
18:20-21
Maintaining A Healthy Diet
18:22
Choosing To Treasure
18:23
The Challenge Of Riches
18:24
Loyalty in adversity
19:1
The Challenge Of Riches
19:2-3
Speeding
19:4-7
A True Friend
19:8-12
Reflection before Action
19:13-14
A Gift From God
19:15
Procrastinators Anonymous
19:15
Procrastinators Anonymous
19:16-17
Paying Attention To My Behaviour
19:18-20
Growing Up With Correction
19:21-23
Some Projects with God
19:24
The Working Life
19:25-29
The Intelligence to Listen
19:26
Growing Up With Correction
20:1-3
A Little Control, Please
20:4
The Working Life
20:5-9
Inside Out
20:10
Beware Sleight of Hand
20:11-14
With Eyes Wide Open
20:15
Your Worst Enemy
20:16
Avoiding Destructive Promises
20:17-21
Take Counsel
20:22
The Folly of Evil Desire
20:23
Beware Sleight of Hand
20:24-27
The Randomness of Sovereignty
20:28 - 21:3
Indispensable Qualities
21:4-8
Upside-Down
21:9
A Gift From God
21:10
The Folly of Evil Desire
21:11
Growing Up With Correction
21:12
The Folly of Evil Desire
21:13-17
Generous Stewardship
21:18
Honouring the Loyal
21:19
A Gift From God
21:20-22
Honouring the Loyal
21:23-26
A Quick Tongue and Slow Hands
21:27-31
Flirting with Disaster
22:1-5
Choices
22:6
Discipline in an Undisciplined World
22:7-8
Guarding your friendships
22:9-11
Pathways to Peace
22:12
The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men
22:13
A Profile of Laziness
22:14
The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men
22:15
Discipline in an Undisciplined World
22:16
The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men
22:17-21
Inside Out
22:22-23
Just Because I Can
22:24-25
Guarding your friendships
22:26-27
Avoiding Destructive Promises
22:28
Stealing
22:29
Skillful Service Leads to Success
23:1-3
Dainties and Delight
23:4-5
Bucking the Trend
23:6-8
Insincerity on the Menu
23:9
Foolish Talking Points
23:10-11
Who Moved the Stone?
23:12
Listen Up!
23:13-14
The Wise End of Discipline
23:15-16
Wise Up and Live!
23:17-18
Wise Up and Live!
23:19-21
Avoiding Poverty
23:22-25
Keep Learning from your Elders
23:26-28
Sexual “Freedom” is not so Free
23:29-35
What Goes Down Smoothly Still Comes Out Roughly
24:1-2
Overcoming Gangs
24:3-4
The Most Valuable Thing
24:5-6
Strategy for Life’s “Battles”
24:7-9
“Don’t Listen to Them!”
24:10-12
Don’t Underestimate Yourself
24:15-18
Forgive as He Has Forgiven Us
24:19-22
Choose your Friends Wisely
24:23-25
Fairness in Plain Sight
24:26-29
It’s Worth the Hard Work
24:30-34
First things First
25:1-3
The Great Mystery
25:4-8
Savouring Humility
25:9-10
The Gross Ignorance of Gossip
25:11-15
Let your Words be Authentic
25:16-20
The Beauty of Balance
25:21-22
Burning Coals
25:21-22
Hope in Human Conflict
25:23-24
Cruel Words
25:23-24
Lord, Help Me Hold My Tongue!
25:25-28
Good News
25:25-28
For The Good of Others
26:1-5
A Fool’s Errand
26:6-12
Words of Wisdom
26:13-16
A Profile of Laziness
26:17-19
Don’t Get Bitten
26:20-22
A Deadly Diet
26:23-26
Talk is Cheap
26:27-28
Trapped
27:1-2
The Boasting Post
27:3-4
Be Mindful of Your Surroundings
27:5-10
Disciple, Tough but Good
27:11-12
Pay Attention to Those Warnings
27:13
Learning When to Trust, and When to be Careful
27:14-16
Let Your Blessing Really be a Blessing
27:17
The Carpenter's File
27:17
Disciple, Tough but Good
27:17
Good Friends
27:18-22
Integrity - All the Time, All the Time - Integrity
27:23-27
Who is Really Smart?
28:1-3
Good Leadership is like a Refreshing Rain
28:4-5
The Unity of Knowing and Doing in Christ
28:7-10
Truth and Consequences
28:11-14
Power and Accountability
28:15-17
Making a Stand Against Corruption
28:18-19
Procrastinators Anonymous
28:18-19
Procrastinators Anonymous
28:20-22
Rich with Repercussions
28:23
Disciple, Tough but Good
28:24-26
Who do you trust?
28:27-28
Making Righteousness Fashionable
29:1-4
Fruitful Consequences
29:5
Trapped
29:6-8
Ifs, Ands or Buts
29:9-11
Living the Quiet Life
29:12-14
Loving the Alien
29:15-17
Discipline in an Undisciplined World
29:18-22
Without a Vision, Don’t Crowd Source
29:23-27
Guilty by Association
30:5-6
We can Trust in It
30:7-9
Integrity and Contentment
30:10
Who Are You to Judge?
30:11-14
Who are you to judge?
30:15-16
Contentment
30:17
I See In Your Eyes . . . .
30:18-19
The Invisible
30:20
Danger!
30:21-23
A Mirror?
30:24-28
Wisdom from God’s Creation
30:29-33
The Dangers of Pride
31:1-9
Blind Spots for Leaders
31:10-13
The Character of a Good Wife
31:14-17
The Fruits of a Good Wife, Part 1
31:18-22
The Fruits of a Good Wife, Part 2
31:23-26
The Fruits of a Good Wife, Part 3
31:27-31
The Fruits of a Good Wife, Part 4