Principles from Proverbs for a Happy Home
Proverbs 1:7-8
1 Samuel 25 Abigail and Nabal
17 “consider what you will do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that one cannot speak to him."
25 Please, let not my lord regard this scoundrel Nabal. For as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and folly is with him!
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Proverbs 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Colossians 4:6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt ..
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Proverbs 3:27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do so.
Proverbs 29:11 A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back.
Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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Proverbs 27:14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it will be counted a curse to him.
Matthew 7:12 Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
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Proverbs 15:33 The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility.
Philippians 2:5-8 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus …who humbled Himself ...
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Proverbs 23:4-5 Do not overwork to be rich; because of your own understanding, cease! 5 For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
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Ecclesiastes 5:10 He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
Philippians 4:11-12 for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content ..
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Proverbs 11:9 The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.
2 Timothy 1:5 I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also
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Proverbs 31:27-28 She watches over the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness. 28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praises her:
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Deuteronomy 6:6-8 "And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up
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Proverbs 1:7-8 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8 My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother;
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Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all dili-gence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
Rom 1:32 knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Principles from Proverbs for a Happy Home
Proverbs 1:7-8