1313. The LORD Detests — Proverbs 11:1-31

1313.

The LORD Detests
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Today's Passage: Proverbs 11:1-31
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Invite God to join you in your reading. Ask Him for wisdom.
If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now.
He knows it. You are forgiven. 
Ask Him to help you embrace that truth to live it out.

a prayer:
Thank You for meeting me, LORD.
I welcome you into this place.
Please prepare my heart Jehovah.
Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight.
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28th Strategy.
Proverbs, Each One is a Wisdom Pearl
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• Enter your time with the LORD in prayer.
• Read the entire passage.
• If there is a phrase, verse, or saying that is familiar to you, stop and re-read it.
• Continue through the entire passage.
• After reading the passage through one time, go back and find the passages that give you wisdom right now.
• Read the verses that meet your spirit.
• Write them down on a sticky note, or underline them in your bible.
• Whatever you are being confirmed in, write it down. (This will be a great source of strength for years to come.)
• Ask God to broaden your vision for the passage.
• Thank Him for His guidance and praise Him for His words.

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1. The LORD detests the use of dishonest scales, but he delights in accurate weights.
2. Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
3. Honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people.

4. Riches won't help on the day of judgment, but right living can save you from death.

5. The godly are directed by honesty; the wicked fall beneath their load of sin.

6. The godliness of good people rescues them; the ambition of treacherous people traps them.

7. When the wicked die, their hope dies with them, for they rely on their own feeble strength.

8. The godly are rescued from trouble, and it falls on the wicked instead.

9. With their words, the godless destroy their firends, but knowledge will rescue the righteous.

10. The whole city celebrates when the godly succeed; they shout for joy when the wicked die.

11. Upright citizens are good for a city and make it prosper, but the talk of the wicked tears it apart.

12. It is foolish to belittle one's neighbor; a sensible person keeps quiet.

13. A gossip goes around telling secrets, but those who are trustworthy can keep a confidence.

14. Without wise leadership, a nation falls; there is safety in having many advisers.

15. There's danger in putting up security for a stranger's debt; it's safer not to guarantee another person's debt.

16. A gracious woman gains respect, but ruthless men gain only wealth.

17. Your kindness will reward you, but your cruelty will destroy you.
18. Evil people get rich for the moement, but the reward of the godly will last.

19. Godly people find life; evil people find death.

20. The LORD detests people with crooked hearts, but he delights in those with integrity.

21. Evil people will surely be punished, but the children of the godly will go free.

22. A beautiful woman who lacks discretion is like a gold ring in a pig's snout.

23. The godly can look forward to a reward, while the wicked can expect only judgment.

24. Give freely and become more wealthy; be stingy and lose everything.

25. The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

26. People curse those who hoard their grain, but they bless the one who sells in time of need.

27. If you search for good, you will find favor; but if you search for evil, it will find you!

28. Trust in your money and down you go! But the godly flourish like leaves in spring.

29. Those who bring trouble on their families inherit the wind. The fool will be a servant to the wise.

30. The seeds of good deeds become a tree of life; a wise person wins friends.

31. If the righteous are rewarded here on earth, what will happen to wicked sinners?

Proverbs 11:1-31 NLT

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