Monday
Proverbs 30:24-28
There are four things on earth that are small but unusually wise:
Ants--they aren’t strong, but they store up food for the winter.
Rock badgers--they aren’t powerful, but they make their homes among the rocky cliffs.
Locusts--they have no king, but they march like an army in ranks.
Lizards--they are easy to catch, but they are found even in kings’ palaces.
Tuesday
Proverbs 30:29-31
There are three stately monarchs on the earth--no, four: the lion, king of animals, who won’t turn aside for anything; the strutting rooster; the male goat; a king as he leads his army.
Wednesday
Proverbs 30:32
If you have been a fool by being proud or plotting evil, don’t brag about it--cover your mouth with your hand in shame.
Thursday
Proverbs 30:33
As the beating of cream yields butter, and a blow to the nose causes bleeding, so anger causes quarrels.
Friday
Proverbs 31:1-3
These are the sayings of King Lemuel, an oracle that his mother taught him. O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my promises, do not spend your strength on women, on those who ruin kings.
Zingers from Croft M. Pentz, Tyndale House Publishers
3336. To be great is often to be misunderstood.
3337. Where modesty is absent virtue has no means of protection.
3338. The closer we get to God, the more modest we shall become.
3339. Modesty is the triumph of mind over flatter.
3340. The modest person is one who doesn’t blow all he knows.
