PROVERBS DAY 10

We are week two day three of Proverbs.

Today we are going to read Proverbs 3:21-35, marking key words, including my son (wise), and references to the Lord. Continue looking for verses grouped around similar principles and subsequent good and bad consequences.

Pro 3:21 My son, do not lose sight of these-- keep sound wisdom and discretion,
Pro 3:22 and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.
Pro 3:23 Then you will walk on your way securely, and your foot will not stumble.
Pro 3:24 If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
Pro 3:25 Do not be afraid of sudden terror or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes,
Pro 3:26 for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.
Pro 3:27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.
Pro 3:28 Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it"--when you have it with you.
Pro 3:29 Do not plan evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly beside you.
Pro 3:30 Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm.
Pro 3:31 Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways,
Pro 3:32 for the devious person is an abomination to the LORD, but the upright are in his confidence.
Pro 3:33 The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
Pro 3:34 Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he gives favor.
Pro 3:35 The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace.

How do verse 27-30 relate to verses 31-35?
27-30 are instructions on what not to do to our neighbors
31-35 warn us of the wicked


I like verse 24. How many of us have trouble sleeping at night? What is keeping you from sleep? Are you worrying about finances, work, home, family, etc? If so, then we need to ask ourselves why. Are we not what we should be in God. Because this verse says that if we have sound wisdom and discretion, that we will have a sweet sleep. I work in pharmacy and I can't tell you how many sleep aids we sell on a daily basis. If people only knew they could have the best nights sleep ever, if they only had the sound wisdom and discretion that we receive from God. Why is it so easy for us to look to earthly things to take care of all of our needs, when all we need is Jesus.


NEIGHBOR-5. One of the human race; any one that needs our help, or to whom we have an opportunity of doing good. (webster dictionary)

The next thing that stood out to me was how we should treat our neighbor. If we have it to give today, we should not wait until tomorrow.


CONTEND, v.i. [L., to stretch. Gr., See Tend, Tenet.]

1. To strive, or to strive against; to struggle in opposition.


We should not contend with any man for no reason, when he has done you no harm. This says that we should not contend (strive against or struggle in opposition) for any reason. That's a pretty bold statement. In today's world I think everyone is contending with everyone else. We have to have better cell phones than they do, we have to have better technology than they do, we have to make more money, work out more and look better than they do, we have to take better vacations. Don't act like you are not guilty, most of us are guilty of that on a daily basis. We are suppose to love our neighbor as we love ourself, not try to be better than they are. Your $500 phone, doesn't mean jack to the homeless who are starving. That verse says that we should not contend for any reason. So we are not allowed an excuse to be anything less than what God expects us to be.

verse 27, do not with hold good from those to whom it is due when it is whithin your power to do it.
WOW>>lets ponder that for a moment. I want you to take a minute and write down in your journal or on a peice of paper the good things that you think you are with holding from those to whom it is due, when it is within your power to do it.

Tomorrow we will read Proverbs 4:1-9