Bragging On Jesus

Proverbs in 365 Devotions For more go to braggingonjesus.com Proverbs 19:1 Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool. ​ Integrity Vs. Crooked R Aylor As some today believe in a type of gospel that says the good will always be rich in money on this earth… so it was in Solomon's day and he says… No! Today Solomon tells us how there is something better than a foolish person with bent, twisted, crafty, dishonest, untrustworthy speech… and that is… a man who walks in integrity; in truth and with honor… Even a man who is dirt poor?… Yes… So I infer from Solomons words that someone who is homeless on the street without a penny to their name but who walks with honor is better than a liar. And yet, we are all tempted to rationalize crooked speech for various reasons… It may be that we believe that we deserve to manipulate others for our own good because we have been deceived ourselves and taken advantage of. We rationalize and our speech becomes twis