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