Chapter by chapter verse by verse study of the book of Proverbs.
We are continuing our study through Proverbs and we are in the middle of chapter 19. Proverbs, as we have seen is packed with God's wisdom, and one of the great things about this book is that these short sayings are easy to understand and apply to your life.
Many of the eternal truths in the Bible have to be carefully mined, like gold deep underground. The book of Proverbs, however, is like a mountain stream littered with nuggets, just waiting to be picked up.
Like the rest of the Bible, Proverbs points to God's plan of salvation, but perhaps more subtly. This book showed the children of Israel the right way to live, God's way. And it does the same for us. As they put this wisdom to use, they would have demonstrated qualities of Jesus Christ toward each other as well as setting an example for the Gentiles around them.
The book of Proverbs has a lot for us as Christians today. Its timeless wisdom helps us avoid trouble, observe the Golden Rule, “do to others what you would have them do to you,” and to honor God with our life.