Category Archives: Proverbs

That is, from a woman not my own
Reading:

Proverbs 7:1-5

She seems to be everywhere, the strange woman does.

No, not the weird or odd or off-the-wall woman. No, not that kind of strange.

I used to understand her to be strange in a contrary-to-godly sort of way. I haven’t discarded that understanding. I have added to it, based on the wording in my Spanish Bible — mujer ajena. A woman not my own.

She seems to be everywhere.

I saw two of her in a magazine this morning already. A homeschooling magazine. A Christian homeschooling magazine.

Alas, as Christian women, I’m sure neither one imagined a Christian man somewhere putting her in the Strange Woman category.

So…what did I read in Proverbs 7 that provoked that train of thought?!

“That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words” (Proverbs 7:5).

Now tell me, who are the they that will do that kind of keeping?

[The Scriptures say in Proverbs 7:2 -- Keep my commandments, and live]
from Proverbs 7:2

Reading:

Proverbs 10:2-5

Why work? Well, here’s a good reason:

“He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame” (Proverbs 6:5).

Here’s a short list I put together over a decade ago (you know, in the previous millenium!):

  1. Work exercises body or mind.
  2. Work builds and fortifies character.
  3. Work enables service.
  4. Work makes people productive.

To see how I fleshed out that skeletal list, read the full lesson: The Christian and Work.

[The Scriptures say in Proverbs 10:4 -- He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand]

from Proverbs 10:4