If you play the fool and exalt yourself, or if you plan evil, clap your hand over your mouth! Proverbs 30:32 This verse dovetails nicely with the previous verse and subject on pride and confidence. It is so easy for us to puff make ourselves look better than we are. Look no further than a…

There are three things that are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing: a lion, mighty among beasts, who retreats before nothing; a strutting rooster, a he-goat, and a king secure against revolt. Proverbs 30:29-31 Looking at all of these examples it’s easy to conclude that there is plenty of pride to…

“Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise: Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer; hyraxes are creatures of little power, yet they make their home in the crags; locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks; a lizard can be caught…

“Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a servant who becomes king, a godless fool who gets plenty to eat, a contemptible woman who gets married, and a servant who displaces her mistress. Proverbs 30:21-23 Have you ever trembled in front of the Almighty? Have you ever just stood in…

This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’ Proverbs 30:20 Not too long ago it was still fashionable to be embarrassed by the things we did. That thin cloak of decency is being shredded almost daily. Just recently an actress tweeted…