Editor's Note: Zig Ziglar has taken Bible verses and written them in first-person affirmations. Read them aloud daily to hear God's Word personalized for you!
Monday
Proverbs 17:4
Wrongdoers listen to wicked talk; liars pay attention to destructive words.
Tuesday
Proverbs 17:5
Those who mock the poor insult their Maker; those who rejoice at the misfortune of others will be punished.
Wednesday
Proverbs 17:6
Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged; parents are the pride of their children.
Thursday
Proverbs 17:7
Eloquent speech is not fitting for a fool; even less are lies fitting for a ruler.
Friday
Proverbs 17:8
A bribe seems to work like magic for those who give it; they succeed in all they do.
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Zingers
Collected by Croft Pentz
It takes great listening as well as great preaching to make a good sermon.
A great deal of what we see depends upon what we are listening to.
The first step to wisdom is silence--the second is listening.
Lend a man your ears and you will immediately open a pathway to his heart.
God speaks to those who have time to listen.
Published by Tyndale House Publishers
