{"id":1623,"date":"2017-07-30T14:13:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T14:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2017-07-30T14:13:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T14:13:37","slug":"a-proverb-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=1623","title":{"rendered":"A Proverb a Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Many years ago, as a young Christian believer, I used to read one chapter of Proverbs each day. \u00a0The Old Testament book of Proverbs contains 31 chapters. \u00a0One for each day of the month. \u00a0Lately I&#8217;ve been working on getting back into that habit, because Proverbs contains so much practical wisdom and truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Today is the 30th day of July, so I read the 30th chapter of Proverbs this morning.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> There is so much there to think on. I&#8217;m going to post some of the passages that jumped out at me today in hope of encouraging you to spend time in Proverbs as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what\u00a0is\u00a0his name, and what\u00a0is\u00a0his son&#8217;s name, if thou canst tell? <\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0Proverbs 30:4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Every word of God\u00a0is\u00a0pure: he\u00a0is\u00a0a shield unto them that put their trust in him. \u00a0Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 30:5&amp;6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>There is\u00a0a generation\u00a0that are\u00a0pure in their own eyes, and\u00a0yet\u00a0is not washed from their filthiness. \u00a0<\/em>Proverbs 30:12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>The eye\u00a0that\u00a0mocketh at\u00a0his\u00a0father, and despiseth to obey\u00a0his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. <\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0Proverbs 30:17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Such\u00a0is\u00a0the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 30:20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;let the word of Christ dwell in you richly&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many years ago, as a young Christian believer, I used to read one chapter of Proverbs each day. \u00a0The Old Testament book of Proverbs contains 31 chapters. \u00a0One for each day of the month. \u00a0Lately I&#8217;ve been working on getting back into that habit, because Proverbs contains so much practical wisdom and truth. Today is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=1623\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Proverb a Day<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1623"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1628,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623\/revisions\/1628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}