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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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