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Proverbs 23:33-35 “Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.” 
 
The dangers of alcohol don’t stop with the physical.

Proverbs 23:33-35 “Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.  Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.  They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.”

The dangers of alcohol don’t stop with the physical.

Proverbs Practicals 196 - Proverbs 23:33-35 -- On Top of the Mast in a Storm

Proverbs 23:27-28 “For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.” 
 
Violence is not the only way that humans prey on each other. The work of other kinds of predators can be just as devastating. 
 
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Proverbs 23:27-28 “For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.  She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.”

Violence is not the only way that humans prey on each other.  The work of other kinds of predators can be just as devastating.

This is a reupload, since we messed up the verses on the first try.

Proverbs Practicals 193 - Proverbs 23:27-28 -- Watch Out for the Pit

Proverbs 23:24-25 “The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise wise child shall have joy of him. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.” 
 
Wisdom, righteousness, and rejoicing are all linked together. 
 
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Proverbs 23:24-25 “The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise wise child shall have joy of him. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.”

Wisdom, righteousness, and rejoicing are all linked together.

This is a reupload, since we goofed up the verses on the first go-round.

Proverbs Practicals 191 - Proverbs 23:24-25 -- Righteousness Results in Rejoicing

Proverbs 23:31-32 “Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.” 
 
Sometimes things that look good to us aren’t good for us.

Proverbs 23:31-32 “Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

Proverbs Practicals 195 - Proverbs 23:31-32 -- A Pretty Snake

Proverbs 23:29-30 “Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? Who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.” 
 
Here is the second of the two great dangers the father is warning his wealthy and powerful son about.

Proverbs 23:29-30 “Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? Who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without ...

Proverbs Practicals 194 - Proverbs 23:29-30 -- Warning about the Wine

Proverbs 23:22 “Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.” 
 
Honoring parents isn’t just for when we are young.

Proverbs 23:22 “Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.”

Honoring parents isn’t just for when we are young.

Proverbs Practicals 189 - Proverbs 23:22 -- Continue to Honor

Proverbs 23:21 “For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.” 
 
The lack of self-discipline in any indulgence can bring us to poverty.

Proverbs 23:21 “For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.”

The lack of self-discipline in any indulgence can bring us to poverty.

Proverbs Practicals 188 - Proverbs 23:21 -- Set Smart Limits

Proverbs 23:20 “Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:” 
 
If you want to have control of your life, control what you put into your body.

Proverbs 23:20 “Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:”

If you want to have control of your life, control what you put into your body.

Proverbs Practicals 187 - Proverbs 23:20 -- Control Your Intake

Proverbs 23:19 “Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.” 
 
Don’t let your heart guide you – to be successful, you guide your heart.

Proverbs 23:19 “Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.”

Don’t let your heart guide you – to be successful, you guide your heart.

Proverbs Practicals 186 - Proverbs 23:19 -- Guide Your Heart

Proverbs 23:18 “For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.” 
 
We may live in the moment, but we don’t live for the moment. The future should be our motivation in the present.

Proverbs 23:18 “For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.”

We may live in the moment, but we don’t live for the moment.  The future should be our motivation in the present.

Proverbs Practicals 185 - Proverbs 23:18 -- Live Now for the Future

Proverbs 23:17 “Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.” 
 
Don’t let wicked people influence you by getting you worked up about what they do or have.

Proverbs 23:17 “Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.”

Don’t let wicked people influence you by getting you worked up about what they do or have.

Proverbs Practicals 184 - Proverbs 23:17 -- Don't Get Worked up about the Wicked

Proverbs 23:16 “Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.” 
 
What people say usually reveals how wise they are.

Proverbs 23:16 “Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.”

What people say usually reveals how wise they are.

Proverbs Practicals 183 - Proverbs 23:16 -- Know Wisdom by Words

Proverbs 23:15 “My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.” 
 
The wisdom of children leads to rejoicing by parents.

Proverbs 23:15 “My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.” The wisdom of children leads to rejoicing by ...

Proverbs Practicals 182 - Proverbs 23:15 -- Wisdom and Joy from the Heart

Proverbs 23:14 “Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.” 
 
Discipline done properly can have eternal benefits.

Proverbs 23:14 “Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.”

Discipline done properly can have eternal benefits.

Proverbs Practicals 181 - Proverbs 23:14 -- Saved by a Beating

Proverbs 23:13 “Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.” 
 
Properly done, discipline is good, not bad, for children.

Proverbs 23:13 “Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.”

Properly done, discipline is good, not bad, for children.

Proverbs Practicals 180 - Proverbs 23:13 -- Don't Withhold Correction

Proverbs 23:12 “Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.” 
 
Acquiring wisdom takes effort and attention.

Proverbs 23:12 “Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.”

Acquiring wisdom takes effort and attention.

Proverbs Practicals 179 - Proverbs 23:12 -- Applying for Wisdom

Proverbs 23:11 “For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.” 
 
When you set yourself to prey upon man, you set yourself to contend against others.

Proverbs 23:11 “For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.”

When you set yourself to prey upon man, you set yourself to contend against others.

Proverbs Practicals 178 - Proverbs 23:11 --

Proverbs 23:10 “Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:” 
 
Vulnerability is not an opportunity for us to attack, but a need for us to help.

Proverbs 23:10 “Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:”

Vulnerability is not an opportunity for us to attack, but a need for us to help.

Proverbs Practicals 177 - Proverbs 23:10 -- Fatherless Is Not Helpless

Proverbs 23:9 “Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.” 
 
Some people won’t be helped, no matter how good our advice; speaking to the wrong person won’t help them, and it might hurt us.

Proverbs 23:9 “Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.”

Some people won’t be helped, no matter how good our advice; speaking to the wrong person won’t help them, and it might hurt us.

Proverbs Practicals 176 - Proverbs 23:9 -- Know Who Not to Talk to

Proverbs 23:8 “The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.” 
 
All the good we think will come from joining with someone unscrupulous will never work out the way we thought it would. Trusting and joining the ungodly leads only to disappointment.

Proverbs 23:8 “The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.”

All the good we think will come from joining with someone unscrupulous will never work out the way we thought it would.  Trusting and joining the ungodly leads only to disappointment.

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