Today's Scripture - Prov. 15:1

"An answer, when mild, turns away rage, but a word causing pain makes anger to come up"  - 

Proverbs 15:1

A cutting or aggressive remark would add fuel to the fire even if it is delivered in a gentle voice.  When a situation tries your self-control, be "slow about speaking," it may help to walk away form the situation allowing time to settle high emotions. 

5 Minute Bible Study - Proverbs 10

Wisdom

Another feature of this blog is to provide a "5 minute" Bible Study program to encourage daily Bible reading and meditation.

It's been said that reading the Bible for as little as 5 minutes a day can help us fight off negative thoughts, temptation and bring us closer to our Creator.

Today's reading is Proverbs chapter 10. After reading it be sure and mediate on what you've read.  I suggest reading for 2-5 minutes then spend 3-5 minutes on meditation.  I try to answer questions during meditation like:  How can I personally apply what I just read?  What are the benefits or blessings I could enjoy from applying this passage?  Can it provide encouragement to someone else?

This particular passage King Solomon of Israel provides answers to questions like: How can we walk in the path of uprightness?  What blessings can we expect form doing so? And how may others benefit from our conforming to God's righteous standards?  He answers by contrasting the righteous with the wicked.  In doing so, notice he uses the expression "righteous ones" 13 times.  Nine of these occurrences are in verses 15-32.
Enjoy.