How will others remember us when we are no longer alive on this earth? This question may seem unimportant, but we are choosing how others will remember us by the way we live today.
How we live matters so much more than what we do or accomplish. Each day, we make a choice. We can choose to live a life wrapped up in what’s easy, comfortable, and all about ourselves, or we can choose to live a life focused on what the Lord wants for us.
Proverbs 10:27 says, “The fear of the Lord adds length to life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.” Fearing the Lord is different from being afraid. Fear of the Lord comes from awe. It’s what happens when we see Jesus for who He is and are filled a deep respect for Him.
When we live a life focused on the Lord, instead of ourselves, we discover how much He loves us. Nothing we could ever do would make Him love us more or love us less. The Lord wants to help us stand firm when life is hard (Proverbs 10:25), to crown our heads with blessings (Proverbs 10:6), and to give us everything we need to live (Proverbs 10:3).
How we live in response to God’s love affects our lives today and for eternity. Proverbs 10:16 promises that “The wages of the righteous is life…” When we follow Jesus and do what He says, we are filled with joy (Proverbs 10:28), we have hope (Proverbs 10:24), and we leave a legacy others will want to remember (Proverbs 10:7).
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| | The Proverbs of Solomon |
| Proverbs 10:1 | The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. |
| Proverbs 10:2 | Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. |
| Proverbs 10:3 | The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. |
| Proverbs 10:4 | He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. |
| Proverbs 10:5 | He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. |
| Proverbs 10:6 | Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. |
| Proverbs 10:7 | The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. |
| Proverbs 10:8 | The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. |
| Proverbs 10:9 | He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. |
| Proverbs 10:1 | He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. |
| Proverbs 10:11 | The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. |
| Proverbs 10:12 | Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. |
| Proverbs 10:13 | In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. |
| Proverbs 10:14 | Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. |
| Proverbs 10:15 | The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. |
| Proverbs 10:16 | The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. |
| Proverbs 10:17 | He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. |
| Proverbs 10:18 | He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. |
| Proverbs 10:19 | In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. |
| Proverbs 10:20 | The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. |
| Proverbs 10:21 | The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. |
| Proverbs 10:22 | The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. |
| Proverbs 10:23 | It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom. |
| Proverbs 10:24 | The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. |
| Proverbs 10:25 | As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. |
| Proverbs 10:26 | As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. |
| Proverbs 10:27 | The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. |
| Proverbs 10:28 | The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. |
| Proverbs 10:29 | The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. |
| Proverbs 10:30 | The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. |
| Proverbs 10:31 | The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. |
| Proverbs 10:32 | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
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