Proverbs

Proverbs 31:1-9 - "Wise Government"

When people in power fail to use that power to promote justice, injustice is inevitable. To borrow from the wisdom of Spiderman… With great power comes great responsibility, and so we must learn how to govern wisely. In today’s passage, we see two principles for wise government: 1. Recognizing the pitfalls of power, and 2. Remembering the purpose of power.

Proverbs 27:5-6 - "The Wisdom of Friendship"

Much like love, we typically think of friendship in terms of how we feel. But friendship isn’t really about how we feel. Scripture defines it in terms of actions. Friendship requires faithfulness, so we must learn to be faithful friends. Today, we are going to look at several proverbs that identify two of the essential aspects of faithful friendship: 1. Always loving a person, wherever they are in life; and, 2. Never leaving a person where they are in life.

Proverbs 25:6-7 - "The Wisdom of Humility"

Part of our fallen human condition is that we want to seek honor for ourselves. The wisdom of Proverbs warns us that such pride is a path to dishonor, and even destruction. Humility is the only path to true honor, so we must humble ourselves. In today’s proverb, we see a sharp contrast between the consequences of honoring ourselves and humbling ourselves before God and others.