David's philosophy

[Ps145]

A proverb a day.............

Proverbs 1

The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly

Proverbs 1

Purpose

1 These are the proverbs of Solomon. He was the son of David and the king of Israel.

2 Proverbs teach you wisdom and train you.
They help you understand wise sayings.
3 They provide you with training and help you live wisely.
They lead to what is right and honest and fair.
4 They give understanding to childish people.
They give knowledge and good sense to those who are young.
5 Let wise people listen and add to what they have learned.
Let those who understand what is right get guidance.
6 What I'm teaching also helps you understand proverbs and stories.
It helps you understand the sayings and riddles of those who are wise.
Main Point

7 If you really want to gain knowledge, you must begin by having respect for the Lord.
But foolish people hate wisdom and training.
Think and Live Wisely

A Warning Against a Life of Crime

8 My son, listen to your father's advice.
Don't turn away from your mother's teaching.
9 What they teach you will be like a beautiful crown on your head.
It will be like a chain to decorate your neck.
10 My son, if sinners tempt you,
don't give in to them.
11 They might say, "Come along with us.
Let's hide and wait to spill someone's blood.
Let's catch some harmless people in our trap.
12 Let's swallow them alive, as the grave does.
Let's swallow them whole, like those who go down into the pit.
13 We'll get all kinds of valuable things.
We'll fill our houses with what we steal.
14 Come and join our gang.
We'll share everything we have."
15 My son, don't go along with them.
Don't even set your feet on their paths.
16 They are always in a hurry to sin.
They are quick to spill someone's blood.
17 How useless it is to spread a net
while all the birds are watching!
18 Those who hide and wait will spill their own blood.
They will be caught in their own trap.
19 That's what happens to everyone
who goes after money in the wrong way.
That kind of money takes away
the lives of those who get it.
A Warning Against Turning Away From Wisdom

20 Wisdom calls out in the street.
She raises her voice in public places.
21 At the noisy street corners she cries out.
Here is what she says near the gates of the city.
22 "How long will you childish people love your childish ways?
How long will you rude people enjoy making fun of God and others?
How long will you foolish people hate knowledge?
23 Suppose you had paid attention to my warning.
Then I would have poured out my heart to you.
I would have told you what I was thinking.
24 But you turned away from me when I called out to you.
None of you paid attention when I reached out my hand.
25 You turned away from all my advice.
You wouldn't accept my warning.
26 So I will laugh at you when you are in danger.
I will make fun of you when hard times come.
27 I will laugh when hard times hit you like a storm.
I will laugh when danger comes your way like a windstorm.
I will make fun of you when suffering and trouble come.
28 "Then you will call to me. But I won't answer.
You will look for me. But you won't find me.
29 You hated knowledge.
You didn't choose to have respect for the Lord.
30 You wouldn't accept my advice.
You turned your backs on my warnings.
31 So you will eat the fruit of the way you have lived.
You will choke on the fruit of what you have planned.
32 "Childish people go down the wrong path. They will die.
Foolish people are satisfied with the way they live. They will be destroyed.
33 But those who listen to me will live in safety.
They will not worry. They won't be afraid of getting hurt."

 

[us38]

I'm pretty sure that if anyone wanted to read a bible, they could've gone and found a free one on the internet. What is the point of this topic?

 

[peter22]

That's not dissimilar to Buddhist teachings actually, or any sufficiently reasonable system of ethics.

 

[Ps145]

Proverbs 2

The Value of Wisdom

1 My son, if you receive my words,
And treasure my commands within you,
2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom,
And apply your heart to understanding;
3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
And lift up your voice for understanding,
4 If you seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 Then you will understand the fear of the LORD,
And find the knowledge of God.
6 For the LORD gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He isa shield to those who walk uprightly;
8 He guards the paths of justice,
And preserves the way of His saints.
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice,
Equity and every good path.
10 When wisdom enters your heart,
And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
11 Discretion will preserve you;
Understanding will keep you,
12 To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things,
13 From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of darkness;
14 Who rejoice in doing evil,
And delight in the perversity of the wicked;
15 Whose ways are crooked,
And who are devious in their paths;
16 To deliver you from the immoral woman,
From the seductress who flatters with her words,
17 Who forsakes the companion of her youth,
And forgets the covenant of her God.
18 For her house leads down to death,
And her paths to the dead;
19 None who go to her return,
Nor do they regain the paths of life—
20 So you may walk in the way of goodness,
And keep to the paths of righteousness.
21 For the upright will dwell in the land,
And the blameless will remain in it;
22 But the wicked will be cut off from the earth,
And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.

 

[Wiccan_Child]

I sense a troll... we will root it out!
Seriously, if you don't have a point to make, stop spamming the boards.

 

[peter22]

I sense a troll... we will root it out!
Seriously, if you don't have a point to make, stop spamming the boards.

If he wants to waste his time doing that, fine by me.