Proverbs 11:2, Thursday Bible Verse

"When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom." Proverbs 11:2 ESV  As each of us humbles our heart to God and His Word we will have wisdom to teach our children.  

"Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge." Prov 19:27 ESV  As we humbly listen to God's Word, we will daily have knowledge to teach our children

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Read Proverbs

"Read Proverbs" Challenge:
Ready to read Proverbs? Join the "Read Proverbs" challenge by 1 of 3 ways:

1. Read a Chapter a Day For A Month.  For example, on August 1st read chapter 1, on August 2nd read chapter 2, all the way the 31 chapters. (Printable reading plan checklist)
 
2.  Read 8 Chapters. If you don't have time for all 31 chapters, read an abbreviated reading plan of 8 selected chapters: 1, 3, 4, 8, 13, 15, 17, 31.
 
3.  Read a verse a day. During the month of August follow this post or Humble Hearts on Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest where I'll be posting a verse a day from Proverbs for the whole month.
 

  

When Reading Proverbs Remember...

Proverbs is such a great book in the Bible for a parent to read no matter the age of your child, from baby to adult. Every time I read Proverbs I am helped with further wisdom and insight in how to live my life and how to improve as a parent.

Here are so things when reading Proverbs to remember...

1. ...who it is written to.

"To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion." Proverbs 1:4 KJV

Proverbs are written to the young men of Israel. Today I am living in a different administration as a born again child of God. In the New Testament we have even more wonderful truths about wisdom. Keeping this in mind, I can still gain great knowledge, wisdom and insight from reading Proverbs.

3 Reasons For Parents To Read Proverbs

Being a parent is a hard, busy, and tiring job. So why should I take the time to read Proverbs?

1. To Get Wisdom, Knowledge, Instruction, Words of Understanding, Justice, Judgement, Equity, Subtlety, Discretion, and Wise Counsels

The LORD Gives Wisdom

My daughters watch me talk to my phone and ask for directions while driving. A mysterious robot woman (Siri) always has the answers.  

When they ask a question like "Can worms see underground?", my daughters see me type the question into Google. Up pops a long list of answers.

This Spring I have been considering the question "How do I prepare my children for a future filled with technology?" I want my daughters to know that true wisdom and knowledge come from God. Not Google and not Siri.

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction." Proverbs 1:7 KJV

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and knowledge of the holy is understanding." Proverbs 9:10 KJV

3 Bible Verses To Help You Speak Pleasant Words - A Parent's Heart

1.  Teach Your Mouth.

“The heart of the wise instructs his mouth

And adds persuasiveness to his lips.” Proverbs 16:23 NASB

2. Think About What You Say.

“The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.” Proverbs 15:28 ESV

3.  Desire to Please God.

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.” Psalm 19:14 ESV

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Pleasant Words - Start With Me

Spending all day with my two year old, I often hear words that are whiny, emotional, or demanding.  Since these are not pleasant, I often working to teach my two year old how to  change how she speaks so that it is pleasant.

But what about what comes out of my mouth? How do I respond to her unpleasant words?

A Parents Heart: Pleasant Words Proverbs 16:24 - Part 1

This spring I am starting something new with the verse for A Parents Heart.  I am going to stick with the theme verse for a season (2 to 3 months) instead of a new verse each month.  This will give both you and me a more time.  I have learned for us busy parents it takes time to print out the verse, post it in our home, mediate on it, hide it in our hearts, and look at other verses that relate to the verse.  Honestly, there was one month that I didn't get the verse printed out and posted till the end of the month, and I'm the one running the blog! These verses are worthy of us taking the time to hide in our hearts and live in our lives.

Begining of Knowledge Proverbs 1:7 - A Parents Heart

Made by Katie Zitelli

Starting with "Baby Einstein" as parents we constantly face suggestions of how our children should gain wisdom and knowledge.  These decisions often involve how our family will spend time and money.  This is why I am so excited about the meditating on Proverbs 1:7 this month.  God's Word has such great guidance for us as parents.

True wisdom and knowledge starts with the fear of the LORD.  Fear, or awe and reverence for the LORD Jehovah, the most high God Who created the heavens and earth.

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding." Proverbs 9:10 

Any wisdom or knowledge that will truly help our children starts with an awe and reverence for God.  

About a year ago I made a goal for my daughter, who was two years old at the time, to have awe and reverence for God.  I didn't know exactly how to teach this to her, but I added it to my prayer list for her.  It has been wonderful to see God show my husband and me how to teach her awe and reverence.  As we taught her about how big God is, and how He is the Creator, we saw her have a reverence for Him.  Now as a three year old, she loves to point out things God made, and is excited by a beautiful sunrise. When talking about how big an object is, she often adds "But God's bigger!"

Print out the verse (half page) (full page), and post it somewhere that you can meditate on it this next month.  While a short verse, it has great guidance for us raising our children during every stage. 

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