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OADDISONGETHERS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 11:26 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Saturday July 11 > Proverbs 22-24 (The Message) > > Proverbs 22 > The Cure Comes Through Discipline > 1 A sterling reputation is better than striking it rich; a gracious spirit > is better than money in > the bank. > > 2 The rich and the poor shake hands as equals- > God made them both! > > 3 A prudent person sees trouble coming and ducks; > a simpleton walks in blindly and is clobbered. > > 4 The payoff for meekness and Fear-of-God > is plenty and honor and a satisfying life. > > 5 The perverse travel a dangerous road, potholed and mud-slick; > if you know what's good for you, stay clear of it. > > 6 Point your kids in the right direction- > when they're old they won't be lost. > > 7 The poor are always ruled over by the rich, > so don't borrow and put yourself under their power. > > 8 Whoever sows sin reaps weeds, > and bullying anger sputters into nothing. > > 9 Generous hands are blessed hands > because they give bread to the poor. > > 10 Kick out the troublemakers and things will quiet down; > you need a break from bickering and griping! > > 11 God loves the pure-hearted and well-spoken; > good leaders also delight in their friendship. > > 12 God guards knowledge with a passion, > but he'll have nothing to do with deception. > > 13 The loafer says, "There's a lion on the loose! > If I go out I'll be eaten alive!" > > 14 The mouth of a whore is a bottomless pit; > you'll fall in that pit if you're on the outs with God. > > 15 Young people are prone to foolishness and fads; > the cure comes through tough-minded discipline. > > 16 Exploit the poor or glad-hand the rich-whichever, > you'll end up the poorer for it. > The Thirty Precepts of the Sages > Don't Move Back the Boundary Lines > 17-21 Listen carefully to my wisdom; > take to heart what I can teach you. > You'll treasure its sweetness deep within; > you'll give it bold expression in your speech. > To make sure your foundation is trust in God, > I'm laying it all out right now just for you. > I'm giving you thirty sterling principles- > tested guidelines to live by. > Believe me-these are truths that work, > and will keep you accountable > to those who sent you. > 1 > 22-23 Don't walk on the poor just because they're poor, > and don't use your position to crush the weak, > Because God will come to their defense; > the life you took, he'll take from you and give back to them. > 2 > 24-25 Don't hang out with angry people; > don't keep company with hotheads. > Bad temper is contagious- > don't get infected. > 3 > 26-27 Don't gamble on the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, > hocking your house against a lucky chance. > The time will come when you have to pay up; > you'll be left with nothing but the shirt on your back. > 4 > 28 Don't stealthily move back the boundary lines > staked out long ago by your ancestors. > 5 > 29 Observe people who are good at their work- > skilled workers are always in demand and admired; > they don't take a backseat to anyone. > Proverbs 23 > Restrain Yourself > 6 > 1-3 When you go out to dinner with an influential person, mind your > manners: > Don't gobble your food, > don't talk with your mouth full. > And don't stuff yourself; > bridle your appetite. > 7 > 4-5 Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich; > restrain yourself! > Riches disappear in the blink of an eye; > wealth sprouts wings > and flies off into the wild blue yonder. > 8 > 6-8 Don't accept a meal from a tightwad; > don't expect anything special. > He'll be as stingy with you as he is with himself; > he'll say, "Eat! Drink!" but won't mean a word of it. > His miserly serving will turn your stomach > when you realize the meal's a sham. > 9 > 9 Don't bother talking sense to fools; > they'll only poke fun at your words. > 10 > 10-11 Don't stealthily move back the boundary lines > or cheat orphans out of their property, > For they have a powerful Advocate > who will go to bat for them. > 11 > 12 Give yourselves to disciplined instruction; > open your ears to tested knowledge. > 12 > 13-14 Don't be afraid to correct your young ones; > a spanking won't kill them. > A good spanking, in fact, might save them > from something worse than death. > 13 > 15-16 Dear child, if you become wise, > I'll be one happy parent. > My heart will dance and sing > to the tuneful truth you'll speak. > 14 > 17-18 Don't for a minute envy careless rebels; > soak yourself in the Fear-of-God- > That's where your future lies. > Then you won't be left with an armload of nothing. > 15 > 19-21 Oh listen, dear child-become wise; > point your life in the right direction. > Don't drink too much wine and get drunk; > don't eat too much food and get fat. > Drunks and gluttons will end up on skid row, > in a stupor and dressed in rags. > Buy Wisdom, Education, Insight > 16 > 22-25 Listen with respect to the father who raised you, > and when your mother grows old, don't neglect her. > Buy truth-don't sell it for love or money; > buy wisdom, buy education, buy insight. > Parents rejoice when their children turn out well; > wise children become proud parents. > So make your father happy! > Make your mother proud! > 17 > 26 Dear child, I want your full attention; > please do what I show you. > > 27-28 A whore is a bottomless pit; > a loose woman can get you in deep trouble fast. > She'll take you for all you've got; > she's worse than a pack of thieves. > 18 > 29-35 Who are the people who are always crying the blues? > Who do you know who reeks of self-pity? > Who keeps getting beat up for no reason at all? > Whose eyes are bleary and bloodshot? > It's those who spend the night with a bottle, > for whom drinking is serious business. > Don't judge wine by its label, > or its bouquet, or its full-bodied flavor. > Judge it rather by the hangover it leaves you with- > the splitting headache, the queasy stomach. > Do you really prefer seeing double, > with your speech all slurred, > Reeling and seasick, > drunk as a sailor? > "They hit me," you'll say, "but it didn't hurt; > they beat on me, but I didn't feel a thing. > When I'm sober enough to manage it, > bring me another drink!" > Proverbs 24 > Intelligence Outranks Muscle > 19 > 1-2 Don't envy bad people; don't even want to be around them. > All they think about is causing a disturbance; > all they talk about is making trouble. > 20 > 3-4 It takes wisdom to build a house, > and understanding to set it on a firm foundation; > It takes knowledge to furnish its rooms > with fine furniture and beautiful draperies. > 21 > 5-6 It's better to be wise than strong; > intelligence outranks muscle any day. > Strategic planning is the key to warfare; > to win, you need a lot of good counsel. > 22 > 7 Wise conversation is way over the head of fools; > in a serious discussion they haven't a clue. > 23 > 8-9 The person who's always cooking up some evil > soon gets a reputation as prince of rogues. > Fools incubate sin; > cynics desecrate beauty. > Rescue the Perishing > 24 > 10 If you fall to pieces in a crisis, > there wasn't much to you in the first place. > 25 > 11-12 Rescue the perishing; > don't hesitate to step in and help. > If you say, "Hey, that's none of my business," > will that get you off the hook? > Someone is watching you closely, you know- > Someone not impressed with weak excuses. > 26 > 13-14 Eat honey, dear child-it's good for you- > and delicacies that melt in your mouth. > Likewise knowledge, > and wisdom for your soul- > Get that and your future's secured, > your hope is on solid rock. > 27 > 15-16 Don't interfere with good people's lives; > don't try to get the best of them. > No matter how many times you trip them up, > God-loyal people don't stay down long; > Soon they're up on their feet, > while the wicked end up flat on their faces. > 28 > 17-18 Don't laugh when your enemy falls; > don't crow over his collapse. > God might see, and become very provoked, > and then take pity on his plight. > 29 > 19-20 Don't bother your head with braggarts > or wish you could succeed like the wicked. > Those people have no future at all; > they're headed down a dead-end street. > 30 > 21-22 Fear God, dear child-respect your leaders; > don't be defiant or mutinous. > Without warning your life can turn upside down, > and who knows how or when it might happen? > More Sayings of the Wise > An Honest Answer > 23 It's wrong, very wrong, > to go along with injustice. > > 24-25 Whoever whitewashes the wicked > gets a black mark in the history books, > But whoever exposes the wicked > will be thanked and rewarded. > > 26 An honest answer > is like a warm hug. > > 27 First plant your fields; > then build your barn. > > 28-29 Don't talk about your neighbors behind their backs- > no slander or gossip, please. > Don't say to anyone, "I'll get back at you for what you did to me. > I'll make you pay for what you did!" > > 30-34 One day I walked by the field of an old lazybones, > and then passed the vineyard of a lout; > They were overgrown with weeds, > thick with thistles, all the fences broken down. > I took a long look and pondered what I saw; > the fields preached me a sermon and I listened: > "A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there, > sit back, take it easy-do you know what comes next? > Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life, > with poverty as your permanent houseguest!" > > > > > > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. 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