Previous Verses
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
13 Don't hesitate to discipline children.
A good spanking won't kill them.
14 As a matter of fact, it may save their lives.
Proverbs 23:13-14 (GW)
Monday, August 11, 2025
12 Apply your heart to instruction
and your ears to words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:12 (ESV)
Sunday, August 10, 2025
9 Don't give good advice to stupid people;
they will only make fun of your wise words.
Proverbs 23:9 (ERV)
Saturday, August 9, 2025
4 Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich.
Be wise enough to know when to quit.
5 In the blink of an eye wealth disappears,
for it will sprout wings
and fly away like an eagle.
Proverbs 23:4-5 (NLT)
Friday, August 8, 2025
29 Have you seen a person skilled in their work?
They'll work for kings rather than ordinary people.
Proverbs 22:29 (CEB)
Thursday, August 7, 2025
28 Don't cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers
set up by previous generations.
Proverbs 22:28 (NLT)
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
24-25 Keep away from angry, short-tempered people,
or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul.
Proverbs 22:24-25 (NLT)
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
22 Don't take advantage of the poor just because you can; don't take advantage of those who stand helpless in court. 23 The Lord will argue their case for them and threaten the life of anyone who threatens theirs.
Proverbs 22:22-23 (GNT with Deuterocanon)
Monday, August 4, 2025
16 A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor
or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty.
Proverbs 22:16 (NLT)
Sunday, August 3, 2025
13 The lazy person is full of excuses.
"I can't go to work!" he says.
"If I go outside, I might meet a lion in the street and be killed!"
Proverbs 22:13 (TLB)