Quick links to the passage: KJV NKJV NASB NIV

Before we get started again, do not forget to get involved in our online bible study in June. It will be a blessing far greater than can be measured and it will continue to pay spiritual dividends on going in your life. Spots are filling up, just enter your name and email address to the right. Now to today’s quick observation.

Most of us, if not all of us, have heard the warning that you should be careful with who you hang out with. The one reason given to me was that I will become like those I associate with. It is true that certain habits, how we say things, and our interests merge in like with those who we are in contact with the most.

Though that is an important concern for all of us, but that is not the exact warning given here when we associate with the sinful crowd…

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Quick links to the passage: KJV NKJV NASB NIV

Again just a quick reminder before we get into our quick observations today, do not forget to sign up for our online bible study to start in June. Just fill out your name and email address to the left. Your privacy will be protected. I really hate spam. You will only get emails from me concerning the bible study and the ministry of this website. You will be blessed that you did sign up because not only will you learn what the bible says, you will learn how to study it effectively so that on your own or with others you can study God’s Word with confidence. What could be better than knowing that when you approach God’s Word, you will learn what God has for you. I cannot promise you that you will learn everything in God’s Word. But I can promise you that you will come away with something and that the Holy Spirit will show it to you. Now to the quick observation.

When I was an adolescent, if I saw a title to a sermon or article like this one, I would have thought the author or speaker was crazy. I never considered my parents as one of God’s greatest gifts in my immature years of life. I always thought that my parents never had it all together. Unfortunately, after I received Jesus Christ as my Savior right before my sixteenth birthday, our relationship got worse. That was partly because of my immaturity and partly of my parents not able to understand spiritual things.

But here is the truth of the matter…

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Quick links to the passage: KJV NKJV NASB NIV

Before we get started, there are still a few spots left in the upcoming bible study that we will have online starting in June. If you are interest, just sign up on the form to the right. If you sign up when all the spots are filled, you will be placed into a waiting list and then be notified when the next bible study will start. Now onto the quick observation.

After the first verse attributes the author of the book to Solomon, king of Israel, the first thing I notice is a list. Exactly what is it a list of? Here we see a list of abilities: to know, to discern, to receive, to give, and to understand. But also notice what these abilities are connected to: wisdom and instruction, the sayings of understanding, instruction in wise behavior et al, prudence, and a proverb and a figure et al. I thought to myself that it would be great to be able to do these proficiently. I’m sure it would save me from a lot of stupid mistakes that I have made in the past and what I am about to make in the future.

Then it hit me…

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