Proverbs 29:15. It is natural for a mother’s love to be forgiving and not judging. At the same time a mother’s love should not just accept anything that a son or daughter does as OK. A mother must provide correction to her children when they are wrong. She still loves them, but she does have a responsibility to nurture and reproof a child. A child that is just left alone to do what he or she wants will become a shame to their mother ( Proverbs 29:15, “The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame”).

Genesis 3:6. To be redeemed we first have to be lost, separated, and captive, be in slavery, and so on. In the case of the Christian redemption definition, we are separated from God and need redemption to be able to be reconciling back to God. But what separated us from God if He at one time called us, His creatures, very good?

Proverbs 13:10. Jesus loves us so much that He has given us peace for all that ask Him of it. Strife and contention does not come from God. All contention comes from pride (Proverbs 13:10, "Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom."). Prideful people are out of harmony with everyone around them. Prideful people are also out of harmony with God. Prideful people also cause contention within themselves because they will always want more and cannot satisfy themselves. Only through having a relationship with God can we have true peace and not strife.

Jeremiah 9:23. When a person is centered only on themselves they do not realize that God is in control and that they need to be centered on God. God created this world, not us. We have forgotten God when we glory in our own wisdom, might, and riches. We deceive ourselves when we think we can rely on ourselves. God desires for us to be wise, to be mighty, and to be rich, but He demands that we glorieth in Him (Jeremiah 9:23). We are in His world that He created. We were created to glorify God in every situations and never put ourselves above God.

Luke 21:15. Many people seek wisdom, but wisdom only comes from God because God is truth. It amazes me how wise the disciples were after Jesus left them and the Holy Ghost came into their lives. Not much more than forty days after Peter denied Jesus at His crucifixion, Peter had the knowledge and wisdom to bring over 3,000 souls to Christ. God can help us to be wise if we will become willing vessels and yield to Him.

Proverbs 13:10. Proverbs 13:10 says "Only by pride cometh contention..." When you think about it this truth is so obvious. It is saying that pride is the source of all arguments, strife, contention, war, fights, and bickering. This scripture is also saying that if we humans could refrain from being prideful there would be no arguments, strife, contention, war, fights, or bickering. We would be free of strife. If we are humble and in right relationship with God, God will show us how to be free of strife.

Proverbs 19:20. As adultery creates so much confusion in marriage relationships, a person should seek God’s direction and receive ministerial counseling to find out what God should have for them to do (Proverbs 19:20, “Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end”).

PROVERBS 19 BIBLE SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 19:20, “Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.”