101 Most Powerful Proverbs in the Bible

by Steve; Rabey, Lois; Lang, J. Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780446532150
• ISBN10: 0446532150
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-11
• Publisher: FaithWords

Summary

101 MOST POWERFUL PROVERBS IN THE BIBLE takes the best of the proverbs and details them for us. Filled with illustrations of daily life, it seeks to remind us of what's truly important--living wisely, kindly, and well.

Table of Contents

General Editors' Preface	ix
Introduction: The Book of Reminders	xi
1. Brain Stretching and Ear Tuning	1	(3)
2. No Walls, Bad City	4	(3)
3. Sword Words	7	(2)
4. Taking Herself Lightly	9	(2)
5. Honey-Speak	11	(2)
6. Mighty Low	13	(3)
7. Gray Knight	16	(3)
8. The Weight of Honesty	19	(3)
9. Monumentally Immoral	22	(2)
10. Eagle Money	24	(2)
11. Adults and Adulterers	26	(2)
12. Dedication Against the Grain	28	(3)
13. More Awesome Than Pizza	31	(2)
14. Outloving the Pagans	33	(3)
15. The Anxious Bench	36	(2)
16. Tea Equality	38	(2)
17. No Useless Saints	40	(2)
18. Wordless About Words	42	(2)
19. Leftover Righteousness	44	(2)
20. Pennies and Purple	46	(3)
21. Reserved for Good	49	(3)
22. Very, Very Worldly Workers	52	(3)
23. Lying Down with the Dogs	55	(2)
24. The Lions Club	57	(2)
25. Rescue the Perishing	59	(2)
26. Quiet, Everyday Glory	61	(2)
27. Nation Transformation	63	(2)
28. Hate-Filled Saints	65	(2)
29. Pig Snouts and Sequins	67	(2)
30. Deja Views	69	(2)
31. God, Pharaoh, and Mr. Heston	71	(2)
32. Poor Little Rich Folk	73	(2)
33. Belittle, and Be Little	75	(2)
34. Honoring God and Orphans	77	(2)
35. When Silence Is Not Golden	79	(2)
36. Traffic Artery	81	(2)
37. Brother Spite, Sister Malice	83	(2)
38. Cannibal Sports	85	(2)
39. Attila the Softy	87	(2)
40. Futureless Oppressors	89	(3)
41. The Dog and the Cider	92	(2)
42. Shutting Down a Stubborn Mind	94	(2)
43. Embraceable Blessing	96	(2)
44. A Tough/Loving Father	98	(2)
45. Free Me from Me	100	(2)
46. Healthy, Beautiful, Unhappy Folk	102	(2)
47. Valley of the Shadow	104	(2)
48. Stuck in the Idol Mode	106	(2)
49. Agape Connection	108	(2)
50. The Cat in the Moon	110	(2)
51. Mocking the Cynics	112	(2)
52. Wising Up the Scholar	114	(3)
53. When "Together" Breaks Apart	117	(2)
54. Kickin' the Big Boys	119	(2)
55. Chigger Children	121	(2)
56. Elevated Compassion	123	(3)
57. Holy Deerslayer	126	(2)
58. Sunday Observation	128	(3)
59. Hatred Stew	131	(2)
60. Snapshots from an Album of Saints	133	(3)
61. Mud and Monsters	136	(2)
62. God the Lender	138	(2)
63. Weight on the Truth	140	(2)
64. Give Till It Feels Good	142	(3)
65. Self-Reliant Saints?	145	(3)
66. Clay for the Glory of God	148	(2)
67. Lunches with Losers	150	(2)
68. Courting God	152	(2)
69. Kings and Minimum Wage Earners	154	(3)
70. Blessed Are the Poor Aiding the Poor	157	(3)
71. He Slash, She Slash	160	(3)
72. No King But God	163	(2)
73. Bruiseless Abuse	165	(2)
74. Hellaciously Proud	167	(2)
75. Cut 'Em Down to Size	169	(2)
76. Confessional Cruelty	171	(2)
77. Sacrificing Morals	173	(3)
78. Sharpening the Spiritual Fellowship	176	(3)
79. Seaside Vocations	179	(3)
80. Vengeance Topsy-Turvy	182	(2)
81. Tolerating Intolerance	184	(3)
82. A Nightingale's Toughness	187	(2)
83. Dead Air	189	(2)
84. Ill-Gotten Grain	191	(3)
85. Sentimental Fools-Bless 'Em	194	(2)
86. Last House on the Right	196	(3)
87. Omitting the Goats	199	(2)
88. Legends in Their Own Minds	201	(3)
89. The Party Zone (Temporarily)	204	(2)
90. Auto-Honesty	206	(2)
91. Speaking in (Forked) Tongues	208	(2)
92. My Way, Even If It Kills Me	210	(2)
93. Outhoping the Pagans	212	(2)
94. Honk If You Love Showdowns	214	(2)
95. Promises, Promises	216	(3)
96. Beastly Behavior	219	(3)
97. Swords and Winter Winds	222	(3)
98. Wounds and Kisses	225	(3)
99. The Flip Side of Coolidge	228	(2)
100. Great Pumpkin, Great Satan	230	(3)
101. Doubts and Toys and Envy	233	(2)
Epilogue: Good-bye and Get to Work	235