For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.
Salient points:
- Hating correction is stupid -- and makes us stupid.
- "The wife of noble character" (v.4) -- see 31:10-31.
- Prestige purchases that squeeze our normal budget are vain (v.9). Stop trying to make people think you're someone you're not!
- Caring for our pets, livestock, or other animals is a godly thing (v.10).
- Fantasies -- daydreams -- are the enemy of productive work.
- Wise men listen to advice. 15:12 / 12:15.
- Showing our annoyance when overlooked, mistreated, insulted, or inconvenienced is not prudent -- nor is it Christlike.
- A kind word has great power to lift others' spirits, whether in the workplace, classroom, or church fellowship (v.25).
- Inklings of immortality (v.28).
Daily challenge:
- "Overlook an insult."
- As someone put it, "One of the surest marks of good character is a man’s ability to accept personal criticism without feeling malice toward the one who gives it."
Next Up: Proverbs 13
