Today, I am reading and commenting on  Proverbs 29-31.

I do not exactly have a theme I want to write about today, but there are a few things written here that I want to pull out to highlight.  The writer tells us that the righteous detest those who are dishonest while the wicked detest the upright.  When we feel hostility towards those with whom we disagree, we need to make sure that our hostility does not result from feeling called out by them.  We must strive to make sure that we are honest in our attempts to change their minds.  As we debate others let us strive to base our arguments on what God has said, because God’s words are flawless.  Let us rely on His word, but make sure that we do not put our words into His mouth.  If we ask Him, and trust Him, God will keep us honest, will keep us from falsehoods and lies.  The writer then ties the idea that we should seek enough wealth to meet our worldly needs, but not so much that we think we do not need God.  As we seek to allow God to keep us honest we should also seek to depend on Him for our material needs.  And as we seek to depend upon Him for our material needs we should depend upon Him to keep us honest.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.