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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 3 of 5
Proverbs 15:16-33
Vv. 16, 17 teach us the true values of things down here: the fear of the LORD with the love which comes from Him. "Godliness with contentment is great gain" – the apostle assures us – "having food and raiment, let us be therewith content" (1 Timothy 6:6-8).
Let us emphasize v. 23: "A word spoken in due season, how good is it!" How many times we keep silent when there should be a word spoken! And it is usually through lack of courage, or of dependence upon the Holy Spirit (Matthew 10:19-20). But when, with the Lord’s help, we have been able to seize the opportunity to speak of Him, we experience what we have in the first part of this verse: joy comes to fill our heart.
Our chapter finishes with the proverb so often referred to by the Lord Jesus: "Before honour is humility" (See Matthew 18:4; Matthew 19:30; Matthew 20:27-28; Matthew 23:11-12 . . .). But He was not satisfied to teach that truth only by His words. Who ever humbled himself as He did? Yet no one will ever be so exalted as He!
Chapters 16-31 as well as Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon will be considered in the last volume (Year 5).
