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21. Stop Chasing Wealth. Start Courting Wisdom.
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Saying Twenty-One Proverbs 24:3-4 Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. Stop chasing wealth. Start courting w...
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20. Stop Trying to Outshine Sodom
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Saying Twenty Proverbs 24:1-2 Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them; for their heart devises violence, and their lips talk of troublemaking. Stop trying to outshine Sodom. It is significant that th...
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19. Mock the Fool, Save the Man
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Saying Nineteen Proverbs 23:29-35 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who linger long at the wine, Those who go in search...
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18. Son, Women Are Above Your Pay Grade
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Saying Eighteen Proverbs 23:26-28 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. For a harlot is a deep pit, and a seductress is a narrow well. She also lies in wait as for a victim, and increases the...
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17. Wisdom is the Ultimate Heirloom
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Saying Seventeen Proverbs 23:22-25 Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old. Buy the truth, and do not sell it, also wisdom and instruction and understanding. The father of t...
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16. Don't Follow Fools Off a Cliff
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Saying Sixteen Proverbs 23:19-21 Hear, my son, and be wise; and guide your heart in the way. Do not mix with winebibbers, or with gluttonous eaters of meat; for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and d...
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15. Stop Longing for a Glittery Hell
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Saying Fifteen Proverbs 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. Stop longing for a glittery...
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14. Your Wisdom Isn't Just for You
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Saying Fourteen Proverbs 23:15-16 My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will rejoice—indeed, I myself; yes, my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak right things. Your wisdom isn’t just for you. It is 6 a.m...
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13. What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger When It Comes from a Father
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Saying Thirteen Proverbs 23:13-14 Do not withhold correction from a child, for if you beat him with a rod, he will not die. You shall beat him with a rod, and deliver his soul from hell. What doesn’t kill you makes yo...
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