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Better Than

August 28, 2016 by

Better Than
From Solomon
Word to the Wise: Lessons from Proverbs

Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than to pretend to be somebody and have no food. Proverbs 12:9 NIV

Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil. Proverbs 15:16 NIV

Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a whole calf with hatred. Proverbs 15:17 NIV

Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice. Proverbs 16:8 NIV

Better to be humble in spirit along with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud. Proverbs 16:19

Pride proverbs 16:18

Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city. Proverbs 16:32

Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting with strife. Proverbs 17:1 NIV

Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. Proverbs 21:9 NIV

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly. Proverbs 17:12 NIV

Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse. Proverbs 19:1 NIV

Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you – better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away. Proverbs 27:10 NIV

A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold. Proverbs 27:10 NIV
22:1

Notes Courtesy of
Tamala R. Maddox, Ph. D.
Principal
R. F. Bumpus Middle School

 

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