by Allan Brown | Jul 17, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 9
Proverbs 9:18 {ESV} But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. By obligation, or at least a self-imposed sense of obligation I have said yes to things that a hundred times over I should have said no to. The...
by Allan Brown | Jul 17, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 9
Proverbs 9:17 [ESV] Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. I remember as a very young boy at school using my weekly dinner money one Monday lunchtime to go over the road to the shop that sold chocolate, and buying chocolate and crisps,...
by Allan Brown | Jul 17, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 9
Proverbs 9:15 [ESV] Calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way. (see 2Thess 3:5) As a younger man I was susceptible to this voice. I thought they knew more than me, they seemed to have found happiness in their abandonment and self-serving...
by Allan Brown | Jul 17, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 9
Proverbs 9:15 [ESV] Calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way. (see 2Thess 3:5) As a younger man I was susceptible to this voice. I thought they knew more than me, they seemed to have found happiness in their abandonment and self-serving...
by Allan Brown | Jul 16, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 9
Proverbs 9:14 [ESV] She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town Here I am sitting on my own late at night writing out this thought. Often it will be early mornings – 4am is not unusual. Do I do this to be noticed, to be...
by Allan Brown | Jul 16, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 9
Proverbs 9:13 [ESV] The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing. Have I ever made a stupid choice, or lived in a stupid way? Yes, many times. I lacked wise counsel, and even if it was there, I thought I knew better. More recently in the last ten years...
