Better a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. Proverbs 15:17 Which of us has not preferred a simple meal with good companions to a feast with those with whom we do not get on? The force of this proverb is that a happy loving relationship, though it may…
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A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger. Proverbs 15. 1 The natural thing to do when someone is angry with you is to reply in anger: yet how often we regret the words once they are out of our mouths. The tongue, despite being such a small part of the body,…
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He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. Proverbs 11:15 A friend of mine, with his wife, moved to Britain a while ago. John had emigrated from Botswana to the UK to read for a post-graduate degree in Bath University. He had been a primary school teacher for several years, and had…
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To everything there is a season Ecclesiastes 3:1-9 These words, from a book of Proverbs written thousands of years ago by wise King Solomon, became a surprise hit for the Byrds in the song charts in the Sixties. They go on to say there is ‘a time to every purpose under heaven’. Few would disagree…
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