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Obinna Nwankwo
Daily wisdom from Proverbs and Ecclesiastes for building a career and a faith at once.
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Commit the Work Before You Start It
The Proverbs for the weekday are almost never about inspiration. They are about entry points, the small choices made before momentum takes over. Few are more practical than the one about work, because
Two Speeds of Wealth: Proverbs on Money in a Hurry
Proverbs is not against ambition. It is against shortcuts, and it is remarkably specific about why. Proverbs 13:11 English - ESV sets two speeds of wealth side by side: "Wealth gained hastily will
Know Your Flocks: Proverbs 27 and the Discipline of Paying Attention
Proverbs 27:23-27 English - ESV is one of the least quoted passages in the wisdom books, and one of the most useful for anyone with a job. "Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attenti
Chasing Vapor: What Ecclesiastes Means by Hevel
Ecclesiastes opens with a word most Bibles translate "vanity" or "meaningless": vanity of vanities, all is vanity Ecclesiastes 1:2 English - ESV. The Hebrew is hevel, and it does not mean worthles
The Discipline the Marketplace Won't Give You
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction." Read it in a training manual and it sounds like a threat. Read it in Proverbs and it sounds like a door.