Today's Proverb is POWERFUL! The very first verse is even poignant, but the wisdom is priceless. Here are my observations from the Scriptures.
Proverbs 14
1 The wise woman builds her house,
but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
Even in biblical times, it was understood that a wise woman has the power to create a beautiful, loving home, that is a comfort to her husband and children, and a joy to her own soul. However, the opposite is and has always been true, a foolish woman also has the power to ruin homes, marriages, families, and lives. What kind of woman will you be?
2 He whose walk is upright fears the LORD,
but he whose ways are devious despises him.
If you have devoted any amount of time to evangelism, you undoubted ran into the person who absolutely despises all things godly. A lot of time, I sense that, rather than admit that they are sinners, in need of a Savior, they would rather call Christianity foolishness. Those of us, who are upright, that is justified by grace, through faith (Read Romans 4), fear and respect the Lord, but for those that wish to live life by their own rules, their is only contempt for God in their hearts.
4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox comes an abundant harvest.
24 The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields folly.
I love verses like this. They get me excited. In an economics class I learned that Adam Smith revolutionized economic thinking when he wrote in "The Wealth of Nations" (1776) that and savings, investment, capital, means of production, income-producing assets, and distribution of labor were the key to wealth. But Solomon taught this three thousand years ago! What it means is this, to build wealth, you must have income-generating assets. In fact, by definition, it is not an asset unless it is generating income or interest for you presently. If we product our income, so that we can devert some of it into buying assets or investments, we are on a sure path to building wealth.
At LetGodBeTrue.com, the writer says:
Proverbs 14
1 The wise woman builds her house,
but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
Even in biblical times, it was understood that a wise woman has the power to create a beautiful, loving home, that is a comfort to her husband and children, and a joy to her own soul. However, the opposite is and has always been true, a foolish woman also has the power to ruin homes, marriages, families, and lives. What kind of woman will you be?
2 He whose walk is upright fears the LORD,
but he whose ways are devious despises him.
If you have devoted any amount of time to evangelism, you undoubted ran into the person who absolutely despises all things godly. A lot of time, I sense that, rather than admit that they are sinners, in need of a Savior, they would rather call Christianity foolishness. Those of us, who are upright, that is justified by grace, through faith (Read Romans 4), fear and respect the Lord, but for those that wish to live life by their own rules, their is only contempt for God in their hearts.
4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox comes an abundant harvest.
24 The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields folly.
I love verses like this. They get me excited. In an economics class I learned that Adam Smith revolutionized economic thinking when he wrote in "The Wealth of Nations" (1776) that and savings, investment, capital, means of production, income-producing assets, and distribution of labor were the key to wealth. But Solomon taught this three thousand years ago! What it means is this, to build wealth, you must have income-generating assets. In fact, by definition, it is not an asset unless it is generating income or interest for you presently. If we product our income, so that we can devert some of it into buying assets or investments, we are on a sure path to building wealth.At LetGodBeTrue.com, the writer says:
Saving and investing are pillars of a capitalistic economy. To buy an ox, a farmer denies himself short-term pleasure to accumulate the needed funds: this is saving. Then he must spend it for an ox that eats much feed each day and requires expensive upkeep: this is investing. By saving some of his own production, the farmer created capital; by investing it in better means of production, he has converted his capital to be income producing. Capital so invested will bring wealth, which creates more capital and investment, which leads to even greater wealth. Much increase is by the strength of the ox!
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