Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you. Proverbs 22:26-27 The principle to this proverb is obvious: guard against going in debt for someone else because you may very well end up…

Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared. Proverbs 22:24-25 With each new proverb, God is showing us how to live. He is giving us wisdom if we will learn it. Not associating ourselves with easily angered people…

Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court, for the LORD will take up their case and will exact life for life. Proverbs 22:22-23 I may not know much about life but I’ve learned this: if there’s one side of the “winning team” you want to…

Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge, teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth, so that you bring back truthful reports to those you serve? Proverbs 22:20-21 Speaking the truth in love should be the cornerstone of a Believer. We don’t do it often enough. Sometimes…

So that your trust may be in the LORD, I teach you today, even you. Proverbs 22:19 All of these proverbs were written with this in mind: that our trust may be in the LORD. The wisdom, the counsel, the exhortations, the rebukes, the wonder of it all, the thought-provoking statements, the simple truths. All…