APRIL 21 – Crowned with Wisdom, Anchored in Hope
3-Year-Bible Reading: Proverbs 14:24–25; Psalm 45; Romans 5
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“The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the folly of fools brings folly. A truthful witness saves lives, but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.” — Proverbs 14:24–25 (ESV)
“You are the most handsome of the sons of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.” — Psalm 45:2 (ESV)
“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” — Romans 5:1 (ESV)
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Have you ever watched someone make a terrible decision and thought, That’s not going to end well? Proverbs 14 says wise choices crown your life with blessing, while foolish ones keep stacking up trouble. But wisdom isn’t just about good grades or common sense—it’s about living in truth. Psalm 45 points to Jesus, full of grace and truth, the King who speaks life into every situation. And in Romans 5, we learn that because of Jesus, we have peace with God. That means no matter what storms hit, no matter what mistakes we’ve made, we can stand confident and secure because He has already made things right.
Living wisely and truthfully flows out of knowing who Jesus is and what He has done for you. The closer you stay to Him, the easier it becomes to choose wisdom over foolishness, truth over lies, and peace over chaos.
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THINK ABOUT IT
1. Wisdom Wins: How can making wise, truthful choices now “crown” your life with blessing later, as Proverbs 14:24–25 says?
2. Peace with God: Romans 5:1 says we have peace with God through Jesus. How does knowing that change the way you handle guilt, fear, or pressure?
3. Grace-Filled Words: Like the King in Psalm 45, how can your words show grace and truth in your friendships, family, or online presence?
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BOTTOM LINE
When you live anchored in Christ’s peace and truth, wisdom naturally crowns your life with blessing.
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PRAYER
Heavenly Father, thank You for giving me peace through Jesus and for offering wisdom that leads to life. Help me choose truth over lies, wisdom over foolishness, and grace-filled words over negativity. Teach me to stay close to You so my life reflects Your peace and blessing to others. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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Welcome to Bible chat where?
We have devotional conversations
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rooted in Scripture and relevant
for today, April 21st, crowned
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with wisdom, anchored in hope.
Wisdom is not just knowing the
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right answer, it is learning how
to live in a way that.
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Reflects truth.
Grace and peace.
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Proverbs.
Chapter 14, verses 24 to 25 says
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the crown of the.
Wise is their wealth.
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And a truthful witness saves
lives.
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That means wisdom leaves a mark.
Truth can protect people.
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Honest words can rescue someone
from confusion, harm, or shame.
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Psalm 45, verse 2 points us
toward a king.
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Whose lips are filled with
grace.
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In Romans chapter 5, verse one
gives us one of the most
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comforting truths in.
Scripture since.
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We have.
Been justified by faith, We have
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peace with God through our Lord
Jesus Christ.
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Peace with God.
Not because we earned it.
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Not because we made.
Perfect choices, but because.
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Jesus made things.
Right that.
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Peace changes how we live.
When you know you are secure in
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Christ, you do not have to build
your life on lies image.
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Or pressure.
You can choose truth.
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Even when it costs you.
You can speak with Grace.
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Even when others are.
Harsh.
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You can walk in wisdom because
your identity is anchored.
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In What Jesus has.
Already done, maybe today.
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You feel pressure to prove
yourself.
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Hide your.
Mistakes.
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Or pretend you are stronger than
you are.
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But the.
Gospel gives you something
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better than pretending.
It gives you peace.
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And from that peace, wisdom can
grow.
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Let your words be truthful.
Let your choices be steady.
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Let your heart stay close to
Jesus.
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A life anchored in his peace
will not be.
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Perfect, but.
It will become strong, gracious,
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and deeply rooted in hope.
Let’s pray.
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Heavenly Father, thank you.
For giving me peace through
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Jesus.
Help me live with wisdom, speak
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with truth, and respond with.
Grace Keep.
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My heart anchored in what Christ
has done for me, not in pressure
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or.
Fear.
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Let my life reflect your peace
and point others.
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Toward your.
Hope in Jesus name, Amen.
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Today’s 3.
Year Bible reading plan Proverbs
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chapter 14 verses 24 to 25 World
English Bible the crown of the
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wise.
Is their riches but the folly
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of.
Fools crowns them with folly.
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A truthful witness saves souls.
But a?
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False witness is deceitful.
Psalm chapter 40. 5.
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World English Bible for the
chief musician set.
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To the lilies.
A contemplation by the sons of
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Korah.
A wedding song.
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My heart overflows with a noble
theme.
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I recite my verses for the king.
My tongue is like the pen of a
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skillful.
Writer.
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You are the most excellent of
the sons of men.
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Grace has anointed your lips.
Therefore, God has blessed you
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forever.
Strap.
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Your sword on your thigh, O
mighty one in your splendor, and
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Your Majesty in Your Majesty,
ride on victoriously on behalf
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of truth, humility, and
righteousness.
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Let your right hand display
awesome deeds.
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Your arrows are sharp.
The nations fall under you with
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arrows in the heart of the
King’s enemies.
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Your throne, God, is forever and
ever.
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A scepter of equity is the.
Scepter of your Kingdom, you
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have loved righteousness and
hated wickedness.
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Therefore, God your God.
Has anointed you with the oil
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of.
Gladness above your fellows.
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All your garments smell like
myrrh, aloes and kasha.
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Out of ivory palaces.
Stringed instruments have made
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you glad Kings daughters are
among your honorable women.
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At your right hand, the Queen
stands in gold.
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Of Ophir.
Listen daughter, consider and
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turn your ear, forget your own
people and also.
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Your father’s house.
So the king will.
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Desire your.
Beauty honor him for he.
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Is your Lord the daughter?
Of tyre comes with a gift the
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rich among the people entreat
your.
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Favor.
The Princess inside is.
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All glorious.
Her clothing is interwoven with
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gold.
She shall be led to the King in
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embroidered work, the virgins,
her companions who follow.
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Her shall be brought to you.
With gladness and rejoicing they
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shall be LED.
They shall enter into the King’s
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palace.
Your sons will take.
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The place of your father’s.
You shall make them Princess in
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all the earth.
I will make your name to be
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remembered in all generations.
Therefore, the people.
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Shall give you thanks forever
and ever.
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Romans chapter 5 World English
Bible being therefore.
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Justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord
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Jesus Christ through.
Whom we also have our.
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Access.
By faith into this grace in
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which we stand, we rejoice in
hope of the.
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Glory of God.
Not only this, but.
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We also.
Rejoice in our sufferings,
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knowing that suffering produces
perseverance and perseverance.
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Proven character and proven.
Character Hope.
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And hope doesn’t disappoint us.
Because God.
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‘S love has been poured into our
hearts.
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Through the Holy Spirit.
Who was given to us?
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For while we were yet weak at.
The right time Christ died for
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the ungodly, for one will hardly
die for a righteous man.
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Yet perhaps for a.
Good person, someone would even
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dare to die, but God commends
his own love.
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Toward us.
In that while we were yet
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sinners, Christ.
Died for.
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Us much more than being now
justified.
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By his blood we.
Will be saved from God’s wrath
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through him.
For if.
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While we were enemies, we were.
Reconciled to God through the.
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Death of his son, much more
being reconciled.
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We will be saved by his life.
Not only so.
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But we.
Also rejoice.
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In God through our Lord Jesus
Christ through.
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Whom we have now received the
reconciliation, therefore, as
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sin entered into the world
through one man, and death
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through sin.
So death.
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Passed to all men, because all
sinned.
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For until the law sin was in the
world.
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But sin is not charged when
there is no law.
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Nevertheless, death reigned from
Adam until Moses, even over
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those whose sins weren’t like
Adam’s disobedience.
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Who is?
A foreshadowing of him who was
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to come, but.
The free.
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Gift isn’t like the trespass for
if by the trespass of the one
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the many died, much more did
the.
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Grace of.
God and the gift by the grace of
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the one man, Jesus Christ,
abound to the many.
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The gift is not as through one
who sinned, for the judgment
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came by 1 to condemnation, but.
The free.
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Gift followed many trespasses to
justification, for if by the
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trespass of the One death
reigned through the 1, so much
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more will those who received the
abundance of grace and of the
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gift of righteousness reign in
life through the One.
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Jesus Christ, so.
Then, as through 1 trespass, all
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men were condemned.
Even so.
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Through one act of
righteousness, all men were.
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Justified to life.
For us, through the one man’s
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disobedience, many were made
sinners.
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Even so.
Through the obedience of the One
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many will be made righteous.
The law came in that the
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trespass might abound, But where
sin abounded, grace abounded
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more exceedingly that as sin
reigned in death.
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Even.
So grace might reign through
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righteousness to eternal life.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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