DAY 147 Read Proverbs 10 through 13.
Today's reading: Among these sage remarks we find warnings against various kinds of sin. The wise man tries to show that, in the long run, it pays to do right.
Memory gem: "The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it" (Proverbs 10:22).
Thought for today:
Is it safe to keep on sinning? Can a man persist in committing every kind of evil, disregard every moral restraint, continue to be a traitor to God, to his family, to himself, to his country and then die with the assurance that death is the end of it all and that there is no trouble ahead for him?
The story is told of a burglar who entered a servicemen's center in St. Paul, Minnesota, and left with only $23.50. He left a note addressed to Mrs. Margaret Wood, the director, which read: "I am sorry that I did this. There is coming a day when I will pay."
According to the Bible, this thief's statement contained more truth than he realized. A day is coming when he will pay, when all who break God's law will pay.
What does the Bible say about this topic?
"The wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23). "The fearful, and unbelieving and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire" (Revelation 21:8). "There shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life" (verse 27).
Today's reading: Among these sage remarks we find warnings against various kinds of sin. The wise man tries to show that, in the long run, it pays to do right.
Memory gem: "The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it" (Proverbs 10:22).
Thought for today:
Is it safe to keep on sinning? Can a man persist in committing every kind of evil, disregard every moral restraint, continue to be a traitor to God, to his family, to himself, to his country and then die with the assurance that death is the end of it all and that there is no trouble ahead for him?
The story is told of a burglar who entered a servicemen's center in St. Paul, Minnesota, and left with only $23.50. He left a note addressed to Mrs. Margaret Wood, the director, which read: "I am sorry that I did this. There is coming a day when I will pay."
According to the Bible, this thief's statement contained more truth than he realized. A day is coming when he will pay, when all who break God's law will pay.
What does the Bible say about this topic?
"The wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23). "The fearful, and unbelieving and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire" (Revelation 21:8). "There shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life" (verse 27).
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