Proverbs 1:8-33

                                              Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men

8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

9 They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.

10 My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them.

11 If they say, “Come along with us;  let’s lie in wait for innocent blood,

 let’s ambush some harmless soul; 12 let’s swallow them alive, like the grave,

 and whole, like those who go down to the pit; 13 we will get all sorts of valuable things

 and fill our houses with plunder; 14 cast lots with us;

we will all share the loot”—15 my son, do not go along with them,

do not set foot on their paths; 16 for their feet rush into evil,

 they are swift to shed blood.17 How useless to spread a net where every bird can see it!

18 These men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush only themselves!

19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;  it takes away the life of those who get it.

Wisdom’s Rebuke

20 Out in the open wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in the public square;

21 on top of the wall she cries out, at the city gate she makes her speech:

22 “How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?

    How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

23 Repent at my rebuke! Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,

    I will make known to you my teachings.

24 But since you refuse to listen when I call and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,

25 since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke,

26 I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you; I will mock when calamity overtakes you—

27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,

  when distress and trouble overwhelm you. 28 “Then they will call to me but I will not answer;

  they will look for me but will not find me, 29 since they hated knowledge

  and did not choose to fear the Lord. 30 Since they would not accept my advice

and spurned my rebuke, 31 they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes. 32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;

33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.”

Patience comes with faith without patience, you can lose faith. Why do I say this? With patience, you can wait on God without patience you are acting on your own accord. God always has a plan. Do not interfere with God's plan by doing something that is not in God's will. Always remember adversity is temporary. 

Patience Comes With Faith

by Trey Knowles

It is better to teach than to judge. You can’t judge people who have no understanding. But once you teach them, it’s their fault for rejecting knowledge.

Teaching Is Better  Than Judging 

by Trey Knowles

There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.

Even in laughter the heart may sorrow,

And the end of mirth may be grief.

The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways,

But a good man will be satisfied from above.

The simple believes every word,

But the prudent considers well his steps.  Proverbs 14:15

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Genesis 2:17 

All things are lawful for me, I have the freedom to do, but not all things are helpful. So I will not do them. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be dominated by anything unless it is the will of God.

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? Luke 6:46

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. John 14:15