Proverbs 26

 

 

Scripture Reading

Pro 26:1  As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

Pro 26:2  As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Pro 26:3  A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

Pro 26:4  Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Pro 26:5  Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Pro 26:6  He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

Pro 26:7  The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Pro 26:8  As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Pro 26:9  As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Pro 26:10  The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

Pro 26:11  As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

Pro 26:12  Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Pro 26:13  The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Pro 26:14  As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.

 

 

Pro 26:15  The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

Pro 26:16  The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

Pro 26:17  He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

Pro 26:18  As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

Pro 26:19  So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

Pro 26:20  Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

Pro 26:21  As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Pro 26:22  The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Pro 26:23  Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

Pro 26:24  He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

Pro 26:25  When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Pro 26:26  Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.

Pro 26:27  Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

Pro 26:28  A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bible Lesson:  “Wrath of Man” – by John r

 

Wrath of Man

Ephesians 4:31  Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger <3709>, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice

 

1 Peter 3:16  Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

 

not speaking according to the word

 

Jude 1:10  But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves

 

Psalms 69:12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards.

poor Lou

 

Ps 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies [are] my meditation.

 

1 Timothy 2:8  I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath <3709> and doubting

doubting

 

Matthew 28:17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.

 

Luke 24:25  Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

 

doubters

doubt Christ - The Word of God

 

James 1:19  Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath <3709>:

 

slow to speak

be swift to hear

 

only look at the Bible literally

 

Luke 4:28  And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath <2372>,

 

Romans 2:8  But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation <2372> and wrath

Galatians 5:20  Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath <2372>, strife, seditions, heresies,

 

2 Corinthians 12:20  For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths <2372>, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults

 

 

 


 

 

 

Bible Lesson:  “Few that be saved” – by David Hunter

Few that be Saved

 

Luke 13:23  Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,

Luke 13:24  Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

 

 

Matthew 7:13  Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

Matthew 7:14  Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way[DH1] , which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

 

 

1 Peter 3:18  For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

1 Peter 3:19  By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

1 Peter 3:20  Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

 

 

 

Matthew 20:15  Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Matthew 20:16  So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

 

 

Mat 22:14  For many are called, but few are chosen[DH2] .

 

 

Deuteronomy 7:6  For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 7:7  The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:

 

Mark 6:3  Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

Mark 6:4  But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.

Mark 6:5  And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick[DH3]  folk, and healed them.

 

 

Matthew 9:35  And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

Matthew 9:36  But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd[dhh4] .

Matthew 9:37  Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers [DH5] are few;

Matthew 9:38  Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.

 

 

Revelation 3:4  Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

Revelation 3:5  He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

 

 

 

 

Matthew 15:32  Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

Matthew 15:33  And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

Matthew 15:34  And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

 

 

Mar 8:7  And they had a few small fishes[DH6] : and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.

 

 

Mat 25:21  His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

 

 

Revelation 3:1  And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

Revelation 3:2  Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

Revelation 3:3  Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

Revelation 3:4  Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

Revelation 3:5  He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

 

 

2Co 8:15  As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little (few) had no lack.

 

Gen 34:30  And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

 

1Sa 17:28  And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

 

Nehemiah 2:11-13

11  So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

12  And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

13  And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

 

Psalms 105:11-15

11  Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

12  When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

13  When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;

14  He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

15  Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

 

Ecc 12:3  In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

 

Isaiah 10:17-20

17  And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

18  And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.

19  And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.

20  And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

 

Jer 42:2  And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)

 

 

 


 

Activity Time:  Thumbs up (y), thumbs down (n) (Table)

 

Numbers 3:31  And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

 

Numbers 4:7  And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:

 

Judges 1:7  And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

 

1 Samuel 20:29  And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.

 

1 Samuel 20:34  So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.

 

2 Samuel 9:7  And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

 

2 Samuel 9:10  Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

 

2 Samuel 9:11  Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.

 

2 Samuel 9:13  So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.

 

2 Samuel 19:28  For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?

 

1 Kings 2:7  But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

 

1 Kings 4:27  And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.

 

1 Kings 7:48  And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,

 

1 Kings 10:5  And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

 

1 Kings 13:20  And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:

 

1 Kings 18:19  Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.

 

2 Kings 4:10  Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

 

1 Chronicles 28:16  And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:

 

2 Chronicles 9:4  And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

 

2 Chronicles 13:11  And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.

 

2 Chronicles 29:18  Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.

 

Nehemiah 5:17  Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.

 

Job 36:16  Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

 

Psalms 23:5  Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

 

Psalms 69:22  Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

 

Psalms 78:19  Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

 

Psalms 128:3  Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

 

Proverbs 3:3  Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

 

Proverbs 7:3  Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

 

Proverbs 9:2  She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

 

Song of Solomon 1:12  While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

 

Isaiah 21:5  Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

 

Isaiah 30:8  Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

 

Isaiah 65:11  But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.

 

Jeremiah 17:1  The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

 

Ezekiel 23:41  And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

 

Ezekiel 39:20  Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.

 

Ezekiel 41:22  The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.

 

Ezekiel 44:16  They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.

 

Daniel 11:27  And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

 

Malachi 1:7  Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.

 

Malachi 1:12  But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.

 

Matthew 15:27  And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

 

Mark 7:28  And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

 

Luke 16:21  And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

 

Luke 22:21  But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.

 

Luke 22:30  That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

 

 

John 13:28  Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.

 

Romans 11:9  And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

 

1 Corinthians 10:21  Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.

 

Hebrews 9:2  For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.

 

John 12:2  There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

 

Isa 28:8  For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.

Hab 2:2  And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

Mat 21:12  And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,


 [DH1]

There be few that find Christ

Joh 14:6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

 [DH2]

Joh 15:16  Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

 

Joh 15:19  If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

 

Acts 10:40-41

40  Him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly;

41  Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.

 

 

 [DH3]

Act 5:16  There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

 

Eze 34:16  I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

 

 

Acts 9:32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.

Acts 9:33  And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.

Acts 9:34  And Peter said unto him, Aeneas Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.

 

 

 [dhh4]

1Pe 2:25  For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

 [DH5]

2Ti 2:15  Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

 

1Ti 5:18  For the Scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his reward.

 

 [DH6]

Hab 1:14  And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?