August 3, 2010 Proverbs 27:11-30:33

Today's passage contains 84 Proverbs. Below are some of my favorites:
Chapter 27
11. "Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt."
19. "As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man."
20. "Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man."
Chapter 28
6. "Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a rich man whose ways are perverse."
9. "If anyone turns a deaf ear to the law, even his prayers are detestable."
14. "Blessed is the man who always fears the Lord, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble."
18. "He whose walk is blameless is kept safe, but he whose ways are perverse will suddenly fall."
22. "A stingy man is eager to get rich, and is unaware that poverty awaits him."
25. "A greedy man stirs up dissension, but he who trusts in the Lord will prosper."
26. "He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe."
27. "He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses."
Chapter 29
7. "The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern."
13. "The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The Lord gives sight to the eyes of both."
20. "Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him."
23. "A man's pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honor."
Chapter 30 These are the sayings of Agur. Most of them are several lines long.
17. "The eye that mocks a father, that scorns obedience to a mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures."
18&19 "There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden."
21-23 "Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a servant who becomes king, a fool who is full of food, an unloved woman who is married, and a maidservnat who displaces her mistress."
24-28. "Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise: Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer; coneys are creatures of little power, yet they make their home in the crags; locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks; a lizard can be caught with the hand, yet it is found in kings' palaces."

Tomorrow read Proverbs 31 and Ecclesiastes 1-3:8