Category: Scripture

My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart. If you do this, you will live many years, and your life will be satisfying. Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart. Then you will find favor with God and people, and you will earn a good reputation.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you the path which you should take.

Don’t be impressed by your own wisdom. Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil. Then you will have healing for your body and strength for your bones.

Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. Then He will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine.

My child, don’t reject the Lord’s discipline, and don’t be upset when He corrects you. For the Lord corrects those He loves, just a a father corrects a child in whom he delights. (vv. 1-12, NLT)

My child, listen to what I say, and treasure my commands. Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding. Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding. Search for them as you would for silver, seek them like hidden treasures. Then you will understand what means to fear the Lord, and you will gain knowledge of God. For the Lord grants wisdom! From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. He grants the treasure of common sense to the honest. He is a shield to those who walk with integrity. He guards the pats of the just and protects those who are faithful to Him. (vv. 1-8, NLT)

These are the proverbs of Solomon, David’s son, king of Israel. Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline, to help them understand the insights of the wise. Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just an fair.

These proverbs will give insight to the simple, knowledge and discernment to the young. Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become ever wiser. Let those with understanding receive guidance by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables, the words of the wise and their riddles.

Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. (vv. 1-7, NLT)

I will exalt you, my God and King, and praise Your name forever and ever. I will praise You every day; yes, I will praise You forever. Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure His greatness.

Let each generation tell its children of Your mighty acts; let them proclaim Your power. I will meditate on Your majestic glorious splendor and Your wonderful miracles. Your awe-inspiring deeds will be on every tongue; I will proclaim Your greatness. Everyone will sing with joy about Your goodness; they will sing with joy about Your righteousness.

The Lord is merciful and compassionated, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. The Lord is good to everyone. He shows compassion to all His creation. All of Your works will thank You, Lord, and Your faithful followers will praise You. They will speak of of glory of Your kingdom; they will give examples of Your power. They will tell about Your mighty deeds and about the majesty and glory of Your reign. For Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. You rule throughout all generations. (vv. 1-13, NLT)

Come quickly, Lord, and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don’t turn away from me, or I will die. Let me hear of your unfailing lover each morning, for I am trusting in You. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to You. Rescue me from my enemies, Lord; I run to You to hide me. Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your gracious spirit lead me forward on a firm footing. For the glory of Your name lead me forward on a firm footing. Because of Your faithfulness, bring me out of this distress. In Your unfailing love, silence all my enemies and destroy all my foes, for I am Your servant. (vv. 7-12, NLT)

Take control of what I say, O Lord, and guard my lips. Don’t let me drift toward evil or take part in acts of wickedness. Don’t let me share in the delicacies of those who do wrong.

Let the godly strike me! It will be a kindness! If they correct me, it is soothing medicine. Don’t let me refuse it. (vv. 3-5, NLT)

O Lord, You have examined my heart and know everything about me. You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away. You have seen me travel and whenI rest at home. You know everything I do. You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord. You go before me and follow me. You place Your hand of blessing on my head. such knowledge is to wonderful for me, too great for me to understand! (vv. 1-6, NLT)

You made the night shines as bright as day. Brightness and light are the same to You. You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so complex! Your workmanship is marvelous-how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was won together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in Your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day passed. How precious are Your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, You are still with me. (vv. 13-18, NLT)

Search me , O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. (vv. 23-24, NLT)

I give You thanks, O Lord, with all my heart; I will sing Your praises before the gods. I bow before your holy Temple as I worship. I praise Your name for your unfailing love and and faithfulness; for Your promises are backed by all the honor of Your name. As soon as I pray, You answer me; You encourage me by giving me strength. (vv. 1-3, NLT)

Though I am surrounded by troubles, You will protect me from the anger of my enemies. You reach our Your hand, and the power of Your right hand saves me. The Lord will work out His plans for my life-for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever. Don’t abandon me, for You made me. (vv. 7-8, NLT)

From the depths of despair, O Lord, I call for You for help. Hear my cry, O Lord! Pay attention to my prayer. Lord, if You kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive! But You offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear You.

I am counting on the Lord; yes, I am I am counting on Him. I have put my hope in His word. I long for the Lord more than sentries long for the dawn, yes, more than sentries long for the dawn.

O Israel, hope in the Lord; for with the Lord there is unfailing love. His redemption overflows. He Himself will redeem Israel from every kind of sin.

Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good. It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning to late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God give rest to His loved ones.

Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward for him. Children born to a young man are like arrows in a warrior’s hands. How joyful is a man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates.