Category: 2019 – Proverbs

Proverbs on Friendship

Solomon was rich and famous, yet he needed real friends as much as anyone.  That’s because God made man with a built-in need and capacity for companionship.

Through Solomon, God provides us with rich insights for making our friendships as fulfilling as possible.

Friends can be fickle.  Proverbs 19:4 points out that wealth attracts friends, while the poor are shunned and deserted.  Solomon wisely advises that some friends will leave when your money runs out.

So what are we to do?

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A Life-or-Death Decision

Whether you choose to travel the way of wisdom or the way of folly is literally a life-or-death decision.

This month’s focus comes from A life-changing encounter with God’s Word from the book of Proverbs (the NavPress LifeChange Series).  Life and death are a major theme in the book of Proverbs. The words “life” and “live” occur about 56 times, while the words “death” and “die” are used around 20 times.

For us, when we say that something is “a matter of life and death,” we mean that it matters above all else.

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