The Good Oil Daily Proverb
If you have been a fool by being proud or plotting evil, cover your mouth in shame.
If you have been a fool by being proud or plotting evil, cover your mouth in shame.
The righteous despise the unjust; the wicked despise the godly.
God detests the prayers of a person who ignores the law.
Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but a person is tested by being praised.
People may cover their hatred with pleasant words, but they’re deceiving you.
Patience can persuade a prince, and soft speech can break bones.
Don’t excuse yourself by saying, “Look, we didn’t know.” For God understands all hearts, and he sees you. He who guards your soul knows you knew. He will repay all people as their actions deserve. For evil people have no future; the light of the wicked will be snuffed out.
Don’t fail to discipline your children. The rod of punishment won’t kill them. Physical discipline may well save them from death.
Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.
Some people are always greedy for more, but the godly love to give!
17 Stolen bread tastes sweet, but it turns to gravel in the mouth.
Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you will be wise the rest of your life.
The mouths of fools are their ruin; they trap themselves with their lips.
Sensible people keep their eyes glued on wisdom, but a fool’s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.
Discretion is a life-giving fountain to those who possess it, but discipline is wasted on fools.
Better to have little, with fear for the Lord, than to have great treasure and inner turmoil.