Friends of Mizoram

Proverbs to Consider

February 10th, 2009

While I was in Mizoram during the month of March I read a chapters of Proverbs every morning and marked one verse that stood out to me that day. Here is the list of verses I marked.

March 1 1:19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain
It takes away the life of it’s owners.

March 2 2:11 Discretion will preserve you
Understanding will keep you

March 3 3:11-12 My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord
Nor detest His correction
For whom the Lord loves He corrects
Just as the father the son in whom he delights

March 4 4:18 But the path of the just is like the shining sun
That shines ever brighter on the perfect day

March 5 5:21 For the ways of man are always before the eyes of the Lord
And He ponders all his paths

March 6 6:10-11 A little sleep, a little slumber
A little folding of the hands to sleep
So shall your poverty come on you as a prowler
And your need like an armed man

March 7 7:4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister”
And call understanding your nearest kin.

March 8 8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies
And all things one may desire cannot be compared with her.

March 9 9:10 The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding

March 10 10:3 The Lord will not allow the righteous to famish
But He casts away the desire of the wicked.

March 11 11:14 Where there is no counsel the people fall
But in the multiude of counselors there is safety

March 12 12:11 He who till the land will be satisfied with bread
But he who follows frivolity is devoid of understanding

March 13 13:11 Wealth gained by dishonesty will diminish
But he who gathers by labour will increase.

March 14 14:11 The house of the wicked will be overthrown
But the tent of the upright will flourish

March 15 15:22 Without counsel plans go awry
But in a multitude of counselors they are established.

March 16 16:3 Commit your works to the Lord
And your thoughts will be established.

March 17 17:10 Rebuke is more effective for a wise man
Than a hundred blows to a fool.

March 18 18:15 The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge
And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge

March 19 19:21 There are many plans in a man’s heart
Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel will stand

March 20 20:17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet to man
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

March 21 21:6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue
Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.

March 22 22:17 Incline your ears and hear the words of the wise
And apply your heart to may knowledge.

March 23 23:17-18 Do not let your heart envy sinners
But be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day
For surely there is a hereafter
And your hope will not be cut off.

March 24 24:27 Prepare your outside work
Make it fit for yourself in the field
And afterward build your house.

March 25 25:9 Debate your case with your neighbor
And do not disclose the secret to another.

March 26 26:20 Where there is no wood, the fire goes out
And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases.


March 27 27:21 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold
And a man is valued by what others say of him.

March 28 28:6 Better the poor who walks in integrity
Than one perverse in his ways, though he is rich.

March 29 29:7 The righteous consider the cause of the poor,
But the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

March 30 30:8-9 Remove falsehood and lies from me
Give me neither poverty or riches
Feed me with the food allotted to me
Lest I be full and deny You
Or lest I be poor and steal
And profane the name of my God.

March 31 31:9 Open your mouth, judge righteously
And plead the cause of the poor and needy.