Category: wisdom-truth
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With Patience and a Soft Tongue
With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone. Proverbs 25:15 kit: Shining Star collab by Pickleberry Pop designers; template: Joys of the Season by CarolW
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Refreshes the Soul
Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a faithful messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters. Proverbs 25:13 kit: Delightful by A Giving Heart Studio
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Better to Live
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife. Proverbs 25:24 A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain. Proverbs 19:13 It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome…
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Not Hastily
Do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame? Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and do not reveal another’s secret, lest he who hears you bring shame upon you, and your ill repute have no end. Proverbs 25:8-10 paper: Time After…
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Take Away the Dross and the Wicked
Take away the dross from the silver, and the smith has material for a vessel; take away the wicked from the presence of the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness. Proverbs 25:4-5 background paper (w/textures blended): First Snow by Lily Designs (retired); miscellaneous textures by me; greenery (color modified) by Creative Victorian…
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Heart of Kings
As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the heart of kings is unsearchable. Proverbs 25:3 kit: Pretty Days April 2022 challenge freebie by HeatherT Designs
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Grow in the Grace and Knowledge
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. 2 Peter 3:18 kit: Life Chronicled Storyteller by Connie Prince (free challenge mini – April 2022) context: This is now the second letter that I am writing…
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Count the Patience
And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him… 2 Peter 3:15 kits: Colours of My Soul by Jumpstart Designs; Seasons – Winter into Spring, and shamrock brush (blended) by Alexis Design Studio context: This is now the second…
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Knowledge of Our Lord
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:8 kit: May 2022 Pixel Scrapper Blog Train freebies by Di Hiller Designs full passage: May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God…
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Do Not Curse
Even in your thoughts, do not curse the king, nor in your bedroom curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter. Ecclesiastes 10:20 kit: A Blessing of Birdsong by ADB Designs; robin made by me with CU template by GS Creations
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Take Away Understanding
He makes nations great, and He destroys them; He enlarges nations, and leads them away. He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a trackless waste. They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them stagger like a drunken man. Job 12:23-25 kit:…
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Darkness to Light
He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment of the elders. He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong. He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light. Job 12:20-22 stacked paper, cluster by ADB Designs related: So have no fear of…
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Strength and Sound Wisdom
With Him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His. He leads counselors away stripped, and judges He makes fools. He looses the bonds of kings and binds a waistcloth on their hips. He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty. Job 12:16-19 layered quickpage: Shabby Vintage 3 by Billie…
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With God
With God are wisdom and might; He has counsel and understanding. If He tears down, none can rebuild; if He shuts a man in, none can open. If He withholds the waters, they dry up; if He sends them out, they overwhelm the land. Job 12:13-15 quickkpage by Connie Prince related: Oh, the depth of…
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Wisdom and Understanding
Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days. Job 12:12 quickpage: Echoes by unknown related: Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life. Proverbs 16:31 The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair. Proverbs 20:29 My…
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The Ear Tests Words
Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food? Job 12:11 kits by Kristmess Designs: Baked with Love (greenery color adjusted to match other two kits), Sucre Bleu, Spread Your Wings (including alpha); templates: Special Moments Vol. 3 by Neia Scraps; Emphasis on Borders Vol. 3 by PrelestnayaP related: Is there any injustice…
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Rebuke Them Sharply
One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth. Titus 1:12-14 kit: Piggin’…
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Keep to the Paths
So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous. For the upright will inhabit the land, and those with integrity will remain in it, but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it. Proverbs 2:20-22 kit:…
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Delivered From
So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words, who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God; for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed; none who go to her come back, nor do they regain the…
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Deliver You From Evil
I will deliver you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech, who forsake paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, and rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil, men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways. Proverbs 2:12-15 kit: Floral Obsession…
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Stirs Up the Sea
I am the LORD your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of hosts is His name. Isaiah 51:15 kit: It’s the Little Things by Alexis Design Studio; background photo mask by PrelestnayaP; waves: Perlious Sea Voyage by Lorie Davison related: Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for…
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In Torment
Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who equip yourselves with burning torches! Walk by the light of your fire, and by the torches that you have kindled! This you have from my hand: you shall lie down in torment. Isaiah 50:11 kit: Smokin’ by Kristmess Designs; smoke behind torch by Marta van Eck; torch…
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Sustain with a Word
The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; He awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught. Isaiah 50:4 kit: April 2022 Mystery Box by Pickleberry Pop designers
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Is Ignorance Bliss?
I would like to address some very disturbing things that have been said in the public forum by people claiming to know God. I’ll take them in reverse chronological order—starting with the most recent. I know there are many, many shocking things being said every day, but for that very reason, I can’t tackle them…
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A Word in Season
To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is! Proverbs 15:23 kit: It’s Spring Somewhere by Alexis Design Studio related: A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver. Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is…