Watch Your Words

Today’s Reading: Proverbs 10:18-21,31-32; 11:11-13; 12:13-14,18-19,22-23; 13:2-3; 14:3; 15:1-2,4,7,23,28; 16:21,23-24,27-28; 17:4,9,14,19-20,27-28; 19:1,5,22; 20:3,19; 21:6,23; 22:10; 23:15-16; 25:11,14,23; 26:2,20-21,28; 27:14; 28:23; 29:5 Imagine Mr. T (who is celebrating his 60th birthday

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Accept Discipline

Today’s Reading: Proverbs 3:1-2,11-12,33-35; 9:7-9; 10:3,6-9,16-17,22,24-25,28-30; 11:5-10,14,18-21,23,27,30-31; 12:1-3,5-8,12,15,21,28; 13:1,6,9,13,18,21,24-25; 14:9,11,14,19,22,34; 15:5-6,9-10,12,22,26,31-32; 16:7; 17:10-13; 18:3; 19:16,18,20,25,27,29; 20:7,18,30; 21:8,12,16,18,21; 22:6,8,15; 24:5-6,8-9,15-16; 25:12; 26:1,3,27; 27:5-6,17; 28:4,7,9,12-13,18,28; 29:1-2,10,15-17,19,21,27 I don’t like having someone tell

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Wisdom

Today’s Reading: Proverbs 1:1-7; 3:5-8; 9:10-12; 10:13-14,23,27: 13:14-16; 14:2,6,8,12,15,18,24,26-27,33; 15:3,14,21,24,33; 16:1,3-4,9,16,20,22,33; 17:12,14; 18:2,4,10,15; 19:2-3,8,21,23; 21:11,22,30-31; 22:12,17-21; 23:12: 24:3-4,7,13-14; 25:1; 26:4-12; 27:1,22; 28:14,26; 29:9,25 “The fear of the LORD is the

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Solomon’s Riches

Today’s Reading: 1 Kings 4:1-34; 7:1-12; 9:10-15,20-23,26-28; 10:1-25,27; 2 Chronicles 7:11-22; 8:1-6,11; Psalm 72:1-19 Mention Solomon to someone and they’ll comment on his wisdom or his wealth. Indeed, I would

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Extravagant Worship

Today’s Reading: 1 Kings 8:46-61; 2 Chronicles 5:2-14; 6:1-35,40-42; 7:1-10 The dedication of Solomon’s temple is a prime example of extravagant worship. They were worshiping the Living God at His

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Solomon’s Temple

Today’s Reading: 1 Kings 5:1-18; 1 Kings 6:1-2; 1 Kings 6:4-13; 1 Kings 6:15-38; 1 Kings 7:13-22; 1 Kings 7:27-51; 2 Chronicles 2:1-3:2; 2 Chronicles 3:4-14; 2 Chronicles 4:1-10; 2

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Beware The Schemer

Today’s Reading: 1 Kings 2:13-46; 1 Kings 3:1-3; 1 Kings 3:5-28; 1 Kings 9:16; 2 Chronicles 1:2-6 This section called “Solomon secures his kingship” begins with Adonijah boldly using Bathsheba,

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