365 DAYS OF RANDOM TEAM ZYBKO

DAY # 14

A CHAPTER A DAY.....PROVERBS

2/17/11

Happy Birthday Tommy and Hannah

Ten minutes a day, tops. Grab a Bible, find a quiet place. Ok, don't loose me if that quiet part seems impossible. Instead find an open bathroom, lock the door, plug your ears and go for it. Reading a chapter of Proverbs everyday, that's it. Shouldn't be that hard. Well so far this February, I have stunk at it. Let's review a typical day of "ten minutes"I DO find time for.

*bloggin

*face booking

*cleaning behind the stove

*exercising

*being goofy

*plucking back hair

*talking on the phone

*making up steps for class

*creating a sculpture out baby teeth

*texting

*making fresh orange juice

*watching TV

*taking pictures

*cleaning behind the stove

*walking around house forgetting what I'm doing

Can you pick out the "fake" ten minutes?

I hope so, or you'll surely give me a freaky look next time I see you.

I figured I'd type the Chapter for today's date. This will ensure reading it more than once. I should make "ten minutes" for a spelling and typing class a priority. Never do I get it right, the first time around.

Proverbs 17

1. Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.

2. A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

3. The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.

4. A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar pays attention to a malicious tongue.

5. He who mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.

6.Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.

7. Arrogant lips are unsuited to a fool-how much worse lying lips to a ruler!

8. A bribe is a charm to the one who gives it:whenever he turns, he succeeds.

9. He who covers over an offense promotes love, but he who repeats the matter separates close friends.

10. A rebuke impresses a man of discernment more than a hundred lashes a fool.

11. An evil man is bent only on rebellion; a merciless official will be sent against him.

12. Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

13. If a man pays back evil for good evil will never leave his house.

14. Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.

15. Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent- the Lord detests them both.

16. Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no desire to get wisdom?

17. A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born of adversity.

18. A man lacking in judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security.

19. He who loves a quarrel loves sin; he who builds a high gate invites destruction.

20. A man of perverse heart does not prosper; he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.

21. To have a fool for a son brings grief; there is no joy for the father of a fool.

22. A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

23. A wicked man accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the course of justice.

24. A discerning man keeps wisdom in view, but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth.

25. A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.

26. It is not good to punish an innocent man, or to flog officials for their integrity.

27 A man of knowledge uses words with restraint, and a man of understanding is even-tempered.

28. Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.