The woman has no scruples. She will take the word of God or anything holy and use it for her seductive purposes. But this also serves as a warning for Christians. Beware the subtle seduction and appeal to ones “religious” senses.

The Greek idea of “Wisdom” was a grander thing; it meant a clear insight into the eternal order of the world. In more modern terms, it meant the knowledge of God. But it had its defects. The God that was sought after was too much of an Intellectual Infinite, and too exclusively apprehended by the [...]

I think this takes the case largely out of President Obama’s hands and places responsibility right into the laps of the people who are called by His name since righteousness can only come through our Lord. Obama is just a tool (no pun intended) placed in office by God as He saw fit. A chisel, [...]

“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.” The most important factor when determining a ruby’s value is it’s color. Large rubies of a high quality are extremely rare and the most prized. Clarity is also a very important factor, “crystal clear” is the ideal, meaning you should [...]

Note the tense: Charm IS deceptive and Beauty IS fleeting. It is on these two tenets on which the world bases its relationships on and ESPECIALLY its marriages. It is no wonder that they fail at such a high rate. Its like building a house in the middle of a river and hoping it will [...]

The modern world has two extremes in this area. Some insist on no coercion for children and adults alike, a totally permissive society. We are living in terms of this anarchy today to a considerable degree. The other extreme is to say that, because most men are children of all their lives, they need controlling [...]

“The Proverbs”, the opening noun gives the book its name in the Hebrew Bible as in ours. The Hebrew term basically means ‘a comparison’ (e.g., the sharp simile such as –at random–11:23, 12:4; or the full grown allegory of Ezek 17:2 or Judges 9:8), but it came to stand for any kind of sage pronouncement [...]

There is more irony in this picture of upside down morality, where wickedness has become meat and drink and even duty. It is a warning against setting foot on a path which one might think adventurous and diverting, for it can lead as far as this. The Bible does not hide the fact that one [...]

Prov 1:4: To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. The wise man is in the best sense a man of affairs, who takes the trouble to know his way about, and plan his course realistically. Proverbs 7:19-20 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a [...]

Part of total trust is not leaning on your understanding. To trust in the Lord with all your heart is to not trust in your own understanding. For Christians, wisdom is not just a lifeless set of principles or memorizing a few insightful proverbs. At the heart of wisdom is a relationship with the Lord.

Part of the lure of sensuality in Proverbs is its promise that “no one will know.” Lusts grow best in the dark. Lust is a nearly universal problem. The only people who aren’t struggling with it on some level are probably those who are just surrendering to it without a fight.” We live in an [...]

The usage of the word “snare,” the way I see it, is an important part of the premise of this verse. A snare is a trap which is s…pecifically designed to catch people unaware. A person subject to the fear of man is generally totally oblivious to the problems it may cause. Most of the [...]

Jonathan Edwards wrote: “The subject that very much enrages an arbitrary prince, is liable to suffer the most extreme torments that human art can invent, or human power can inflict. But the greatest earthly potentates in their greatest majesty and strength, and when clothed in their greatest terrors, are but feeble, despicable worms of the [...]