Category Archives: discernment

in the long run

20241111 in the long run Proverbs 11:1-31 (JDV). Proverbs 11:1 Fraudulent scales are detestable to Yahveh, but an accurate weight is his delight.Proverbs 11:2 When arrogance comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.Proverbs 11:3 The integrity of the upright … Continue reading

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trapped

20241106 trapped Proverbs 6:1-35 (JDV). Proverbs 6:1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor or entered into an agreement with a stranger,Proverbs 6:2 you have been trapped by the words of your mouth trapped by the … Continue reading

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rules of the road

20241104 rules of the road Proverbs 4:1-27 (JDV). Proverbs 4:1 Listen, sons, to a father’s correction, and pay attention to know understanding,Proverbs 4:2 because I am giving you good instruction. Don’t abandon my teaching.Proverbs 4:3 When I was a son … Continue reading

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time to confront

20240924 time to confront 1 Kings 18:1-19 (JDV) 1 Kings 18:1 After a long time, the word of Yahveh came to Elijah in the third year: “Go and present yourself to Ahab. I will send rain on the surface of … Continue reading

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come to terms

20240701 come to terms Job 22:1-30 (JDV) Job 22:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:Job 22:2 Can a healthy man be of any use to God? Can even a wise man be of use to him?Job 22:3 Does it … Continue reading

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The route of discretion

20240423 The route of discretion 1 Samuel 25:18-38 (JDV) 1 Samuel 25:18 Abigail hurried, taking two hundred loaves of bread, two clay jars of wine, five butchered sheep, a bushel of roasted grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two … Continue reading

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valuable enemy

20240327 valuable enemy 1 Samuel 15:6-9 (JDV) 1 Samuel 15:6 He warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came out of Egypt, go on and leave! Get away from the Amalekites, or I’ll sweep … Continue reading

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none could read the inscription

20230626 none could read the inscription Daniel 5:5-9 (JDV) Daniel 5:5 At that same moment the fingers of a mortal human’s hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the king’s palace wall next to the lampstand. As the … Continue reading

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clingers-on

20221101 clingers-on Ezekiel 29:1-5 (JDV) Ezekiel 29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month on the twelfth day of the month, the word of Yahveh happened to me. This is what it said:Ezekiel 29:2 “Son of Adam, face Pharaoh … Continue reading

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what is falsely called knowledge

20220523 what is falsely called knowledge 1 Timothy 6:20-21 (JDV) 1 Timothy 6:20 Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding irreverent and empty speech and contradictions from what is falsely called knowledge. 1 Timothy 6:21 By professing it, … Continue reading

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