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Proverbs 7, the simple young man!

Pro 7:1-3, MY SON, KEEP MY WORDS, AND TREASURE MY COMMANDS WITHIN YOU. KEEP MY COMMANDS AND LIVE, And my law as the apple of your eye. Bind them on your fingers; WRITE THEM ON THE TABLET OF YOUR HEART.

Solomon with the wisdom given to him by GOD can see a lot danger in life! Keeping GOD’s word in your heart is not a magical shield against sin, but it will be a light to your path!

Pro 4:13, Take firm hold of INSTRUCTION, do not let go; Keep her, FOR SHE IS YOUR LIFE.

Pro 7:6-8, For at the window of my house I looked through my lattice, And saw AMONG THE SIMPLE, I perceived among the youths, A YOUNG MAN DEVOID OF UNDERSTANDING, Passing along the street near her corner; And he took the path to her house

Solomon shares a story of a foolish young man devoid of understanding, passing near the home of the immoral woman!

Pro 7:10, 13, 15, And there a woman met him, With the attire of a harlot, and a crafty heart… So she caught him and kissed him; With an impudent face she said to him:… SO I CAME OUT TO MEET YOU, Diligently to seek your face, AND I HAVE FOUND YOU. 

That simple man unknowingly was being led captive by her charms!

Pro 7:17-19, 21, …COME, LET US TAKE OUR FILL OF LOVE UNTIL MORNING; LET US DELIGHT OURSELVES WITH LOVE. FOR MY HUSBAND IS NOT AT HOME; HE HAS GONE ON A LONG JOURNEY;… WITH HER ENTICING SPEECH SHE CAUSED HIM TO YIELD, With her flattering lips SHE SEDUCED HIM. 

This simple young man fell in her trap not knowing how much it will cost him at the end!

Pro 5:3, For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil; 

Pro 7:22-23, Immediately he went after her, AS AN OX GOES TO THE SLAUGHTER, OR AS A FOOL TO THE CORRECTION OF THE STOCKS, TILL AN ARROW STRUCK HIS LIVER. As a bird hastens to the snare, HE DID NOT KNOW IT WOULD COST HIS LIFE.

He was setup, robbed and killed for lack of understanding the situation! This is a dark world we live in and we need guidance from HIM! HIS WORD IS A LIGHT TO MY PATH!

Pro 7:24-27, Now therefore, listen to me, my children; Pay attention to the words of my mouth: Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, Do not stray into her paths; FOR SHE HAS CAST DOWN MANY WOUNDED, AND ALL WHO WERE SLAIN BY HER WERE STRONG MEN. HER HOUSE IS THE WAY TO HELL, DESCENDING TO THE CHAMBERS OF DEATH.

Seek wisdom and live for the cost of sin is more than we can ever imagine!

Ecc 7:26, … HE WHO PLEASES GOD SHALL ESCAPE FROM HER, BUT THE SINNER SHALL BE TRAPPED BY HER. 

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Proverbs 2:10-22, Choose Wisdom!

Pro 2:10-11, WHEN WISDOM ENTERS YOUR HEART, AND KNOWLEDGE IS PLEASANT TO YOUR SOUL, DISCRETION WILL PRESERVE YOU; UNDERSTANDING WILL KEEP YOU,

When GOD gives you wisdom it helps you reflect or consider what may happen in any circumstance. Understanding will keep you from many foolish things that people do without any thought!

Pro 2:13-15, From those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness; Who rejoice in doing evil, and delight in the perversity of the wicked; Whose ways are crooked, and who are devious in their paths;

Wisdom will keep us in the correct path and avoids associating with people with a perverse tongue or him who delight in doing what is wrong! Today people follow movements, fads or people without even thinking; BUT WE ARE NOT FOLLOWERS OF MEN WE ARE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST JESUS!

Eph 5:15-16, See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Pro 2:16-19, To deliver you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words, who forsakes the companion of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God. FOR HER HOUSE LEADS DOWN TO DEATH, AND HER PATHS TO THE DEAD; NONE WHO GO TO HER RETURN, NOR DO THEY REGAIN THE PATHS OF LIFE 

The simple are easily swayed by the immoral woman; for her every word is dripping with honey filling his heart with lust! But, at the end, it leads to death and destruction! WISDOM WILL KEEP YOU FAR FROM HER!

Pro 2:21-22, For the upright will dwell in the land, And the blameless will remain in it; BUT THE WICKED WILL BE CUT OFF FROM THE EARTH, AND THE UNFAITHFUL WILL BE UPROOTED FROM IT.

Psa 37:28, For the LORD loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, BUT THE DESCENDANTS OF THE WICKED SHALL BE CUT OFF. 

We have a choice, follow the desires of our flesh or follow the LORD! One leads to death while the other to life! Choose wisely!

Deu 30:19, I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, THAT I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU LIFE AND DEATH, BLESSING AND CURSING; THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE, THAT BOTH YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS MAY LIVE; 

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Proverbs 1:8-33, GOD is always speaking!

Pro 1:10-11, My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent. If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait to shed blood; Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

As Parents we are always trying to teach our children to be careful with who you hang around with! There is a known quote that says, “SHOW ME YOUR FRIENDS AND I’LL SHOW YOU YOUR FUTURE”!

Pro 13:20, He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed. 

Pro 1:20-21, WISDOM CALLS ALOUD OUTSIDE; SHE RAISES HER VOICE IN THE OPEN SQUARES. SHE CRIES OUT IN THE CHIEF CONCOURSES, At the openings of the gates in the city SHE SPEAKS HER WORDS:

Solomon personifies wisdom as a woman offering guidance to the hearer! Wisdom is always speaking, yet so many people can’t hear her call!

Psa 19:1-3, … THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD; AND THE FIRMAMENT SHOWS HIS HANDIWORK. DAY UNTO DAY UTTERS SPEECH, AND NIGHT UNTO NIGHT REVEALS KNOWLEDGE. THERE IS NO SPEECH NOR LANGUAGE WHERE THEIR VOICE IS NOT HEARD.

Look up and around, and you will see HIS creation all around you; for where there is a design there’s always a designer behind it!

Rom 1:20, For since the creation of the world HIS INVISIBLE ATTRIBUTES ARE CLEARLY SEEN, BEING UNDERSTOOD BY THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE, EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER AND GODHEAD, SO THAT THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE, 

Pro 1:22, “HOW LONG, YOU SIMPLE ONES, WILL YOU LOVE SIMPLICITY? For scorners delight in their scorning, AND FOOLS HATE KNOWLEDGE.

Simple one look at creation and say “that nice, it looks pretty”, yet can’t see the Creator who designed it! A fool will attribute all that he see to just chance and luck!  

Psa 14:1, … THE FOOL HAS SAID IN HIS HEART,”THERE IS NO GOD.” They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good.

Pro 1:33, BUT WHOEVER LISTENS TO ME WILL DWELL SAFELY, AND WILL BE SECURE, WITHOUT FEAR OF EVIL.” 

Do you hear her (wisdom’s) call? HE, GOD, is always speaking, through HIS word or through HIS works!

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Psalm 53, Seeking the LORD!

Psa 53:1, The fool has said in his heart,”There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none who does good.

The Hebrew word here for fool is “Nabal” more moral than intellectual. It’s not about being smart, IT’S THAT THEY SIMPLY REJECT THE LORD BY IGNORING THE EVIDENCE FOR HIM!

The evidence for HIM is all around us. When we see HIS design we see the Designer, but a fool will say, it was chance & luck that made that!

Rom 1:20, For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, BEING UNDERSTOOD BY THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE, EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER AND GODHEAD, SO THAT THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE, 

On judgement day, no one will be able to say, “I DIDN’T KNOW YOU WERE REAL”! THEY ARE WITHOUT AN EXCUSE!

Psa 53:2-3, GOD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY WHO UNDERSTAND, WHO SEEK GOD. Every one of them has turned aside; They have together become corrupt; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, NO, NOT ONE.

There are so many people who say that they are good, but GOD says, “THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, NO, NOT ONE”! The focus of man is only on the external, but GOD sees both all, and knows all!

Pro 20:9, Who can say, “I HAVE MADE MY HEART CLEAN, I AM PURE FROM MY SIN”? 

Rom 3:23, FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD, 

Psa 53:6, OH, THAT THE SALVATION OF ISRAEL WOULD COME OUT OF ZION!…

The word Salvation is Hebrew is “yeshû‛âh”, the name of JESUS! The Lord JESUS did come in order to pay the price for our sins; HE paid the penalty for our Iniquity and was crucified on calvary!  SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND, SEEK HIM DILIGENTLY!

Pro 8:17, I LOVE THOSE WHO LOVE ME, AND THOSE WHO SEEK ME DILIGENTLY WILL FIND ME. 

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Psalm 26, Wise or fool?

Psa 26:1-3, Vindicate me, O LORD, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the LORD; I shall not slip. Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart. For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.

David is not saying that he is perfect, but that he has conducted himself in Godly manner; trying to walk in HIS truth; Not just externally, but also in his heart!

2Co 1:12, FOR OUR BOASTING IS THIS: the testimony of our conscience THAT WE CONDUCTED OURSELVES IN THE WORLD IN SIMPLICITY AND GODLY SINCERITY, NOT WITH FLESHLY WISDOM BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD, AND MORE ABUNDANTLY TOWARD YOU. 

It is a good thing if we examine our ways, what we do, what we say, how we represent CHRIST to others not in the faith! REMEMBER, WE REPRESENT HIM; WE ARE HIS AMBASSADORS!

Gal 6:4, BUT LET EACH ONE EXAMINE HIS OWN WORK, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 

Psa 26:4-5, I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites. I have hated the assembly of evildoers, And will not sit with the wicked.

WHO DO YOU HANG AROUND WITH? WHO DO YOU CALL FRIENDS?

1Co 15:33, DO NOT BE DECEIVED: “EVIL COMPANY CORRUPTS GOOD HABITS.” 

Psa 26:6-7, I will wash my hands in innocence; So I will go about Your altar, O LORD, That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, AND TELL OF ALL YOUR WONDROUS WORKS.

This fallen world needs to hear your testimony. How GOD worked in your life; How HE saved you from your sins! YET, IN THE COMPANY OF FOOLS YOU HAVE NO TESTIMONY AND LOST CREDIBILITY!

Pro 13:20, HE WHO WALKS WITH WISE MEN WILL BE WISE, BUT THE COMPANION OF FOOLS WILL BE DESTROYED.

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Psalm 2, the foolish rage!!

Psa 2:1-3, WHY DO THE NATIONS RAGE, And the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS ANOINTED, saying, “LET US BREAK THEIR BONDS IN PIECES AND CAST AWAY THEIR CORDS FROM US.”

The LORD is a bondage-breaker, YET to the unbeliever HIS word, HIS laws, HIS guidance is nothing but a burden to them! “WE WANT IT OUR WAY NOT YOURS! LEAVE US ALONE!”

Psa 2:4-6, HE WHO SITS IN THE HEAVENS SHALL LAUGH; The LORD shall hold them in derision. THEN HE SHALL SPEAK TO THEM IN HIS WRATH, And distress them in His deep displeasure: “YET I HAVE SET MY KING ON MY HOLY HILL OF ZION.”

Like ants plotting to destroy an elephant, the elephant will just laugh! The LORD will speak to these men in HIS wrath and tell them about HIS SON! Christ the LORD! THEIR ONLY HOPE!

Luk 9:35, AND A VOICE CAME OUT OF THE CLOUD, SAYING, “THIS IS MY BELOVED SON. HEAR HIM!” 

Psa 2:10-12, Now therefore, BE WISE, O KINGS; BE INSTRUCTED, YOU JUDGES OF THE EARTH. Serve the LORD with fear, And rejoice with trembling. KISS THE SON, lest He be angry, And you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. BLESSED ARE ALL THOSE WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM.

Hos 14:9, Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. FOR THE WAYS OF THE LORD ARE RIGHT; THE RIGHTEOUS WALK IN THEM, BUT TRANSGRESSORS STUMBLE IN THEM. 

SUBMITTING YOURSELF TO THE CHRIST JESUS IS BY FAR THE WISES THING ANY MAN CAN DO! FOR THIS WORLD IS PASSING AWAY, BUT IN HIM WE SHALL LIVE FOREVER!

1Jn 2:17, … the world is passing away, and the lust of it; BUT HE WHO DOES THE WILL OF GOD ABIDES FOREVER. 

Pro 16:20, HE WHO HEEDS THE WORD WISELY WILL FIND GOOD, AND WHOEVER TRUSTS IN THE LORD, HAPPY IS HE.

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Job 11, the wrath to come

Job 11:1-4, Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: “Should not the MULTITUDE OF WORDS BE ANSWERED? And should a man FULL OF TALK BE VINDICATED? SHOULD YOUR EMPTY TALK MAKE MEN HOLD THEIR PEACE? And WHEN YOU MOCK, SHOULD NO ONE REBUKE YOU? For you have said, ‘My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in your eyes.’

Yet another, so called friend, who attacked Job and called his words empty talk, words without understanding! THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE TODAY WHO ARE COMPLETELY BLINDED BY THEIR OWN WISDOM, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY CAN’T SEE THE TRUTH IN SCRIPTURE! THEY ARE HOLLOW WORDS FOR THE, SO CALLED WOKE, PEOPLE OF TODAY!

Joh 12:40, “HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HARDENED THEIR HEARTS, LEST THEY SHOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES, LEST THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEARTS AND TURN, SO THAT I SHOULD HEAL THEM.” 

Job 11:6, …KNOW THEREFORE THAT GOD EXACTS FROM YOU LESS THAN YOUR INIQUITY DESERVES.

Job’s friends came to him to comfort him (Job 2:11), yet they are now in full attack? Yes, it’s true that the LORD doesn’t deal with us as our sins deserve, yet this doesn’t apply to Job!

Job 16:2, “I have heard many such things; MISERABLE COMFORTERS ARE YOU ALL! 

Job 11:11, 20, FOR HE KNOWS DECEITFUL MEN; HE SEES WICKEDNESS ALSO. Will He not then consider it? … BUT THE EYES OF THE WICKED WILL FAIL, AND THEY SHALL NOT ESCAPE, AND THEIR HOPE—LOSS OF LIFE!” 

Again, implying Job is a deceitful person who believed that GOD would not see his sin!

THIS WORLD IS PERISHING AND THE ONLY HOPE OF THE WICKED WILL BE TO DIE! THE FATHER HAS MADE A WAY OF ESCAPING THE WRATH TO COME! ONLY BY HIS SON JESUS! Heb 2:3, HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT A SALVATION, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

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Job 6, words without nutrition!

Job 6:1-3, Then Job answered and said: “OH, THAT MY GRIEF WERE FULLY WEIGHED, AND MY CALAMITY LAID WITH IT ON THE SCALES! For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea—Therefore my words have been rash.

Eliphaz words called for Job to repent from his sin against GOD, Yet completely missed the fact that Job lost his children. Job’s words were rash because of his pain!

Job 6:5, DOES THE WILD DONKEY BRAY WHEN IT HAS GRASS, OR DOES THE OX LOW OVER ITS FODDER?           (NO THEY DONT)

Animals cry out when they lack, JOB ALSO HAS A REASON TO CRY OUT!

Job 6:6-7, Can flavorless food be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? My soul refuses to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.

The words of Eliphaz were tasteless, had no nutrients in them! He gained nothing from the words of Eliphaz. JOB WANTS TO HEAR THE WORDS OF THE ALMIGHTY WHOSE WORDS AND WISDOM HAVE FLAVOR!

Psa 119:103, HOW SWEET ARE YOUR WORDS TO MY TASTE, SWEETER THAN HONEY TO MY MOUTH!

Job 6:14, “TO HIM WHO IS AFFLICTED, KINDNESS SHOULD BE SHOWN BY HIS FRIEND, EVEN THOUGH HE FORSAKES THE FEAR OF THE ALMIGHTY.  

Again, Eliphaz completely missed the main point; Yes Job cursed the day of his birth, but those words came out of desperation! Eliphaz words had no compassion, no kindness, no wisdom, no grace!

Col 4:6, LET YOUR SPEECH ALWAYS BE WITH GRACE, SEASONED WITH SALT, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. 

SO MANY PEOPLE TODAY NEED ANSWERS, NOT CONDEMNATION. TELLING SOMEONE, “YOUR GOING TO HELL IF YOU DON’T REPENT FROM YOUR WAYS”; THIS MAY BE TRUE BUT COMPLETELY LACKS WISDOM AND GRACE!

2Ti 2:25, IN HUMILITY CORRECTING THOSE WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION, IF GOD PERHAPS WILL GRANT THEM REPENTANCE, SO THAT THEY MAY KNOW THE TRUTH, 

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Esther 1, being drunk!

Est 1:1,4,5,7, Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus… when HE SHOWED THE RICHES of HIS GLORIOUS KINGDOM and THE SPLENDOR OF HIS EXCELLENT MAJESTY…. the king made A FEAST LASTING SEVEN DAYS … And THEY SERVED DRINKS in golden vessels, each vessel being different from the other, WITH ROYAL WINE IN ABUNDANCE, according to the generosity of the king.

King Ahasuerus, in his PRIDE, showed off his wealth, power, and majesty.  PRIDE MIXED WITH WINE MAKES A GREAT COMBINATION!

Pro 20:1, WINE IS A MOCKER, STRONG DRINK IS A BRAWLER, AND WHOEVER IS LED ASTRAY BY IT IS NOT WISE. 

Est 1:10-11, On the seventh day, WHEN THE HEART OF THE KING WAS MERRY WITH WINE, he COMMANDED … to BRING QUEEN VASHTI BEFORE THE KING, wearing her royal crown, IN ORDER TO SHOW HER BEAUTY TO THE PEOPLE AND THE OFFICIALS, FOR SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL TO BEHOLD.

A wise mother once told her son

Pro 31:1,4-5, …THE UTTERANCE WHICH HIS MOTHER TAUGHT HIM…. IT IS NOT FOR KINGS, O Lemuel, IT IS NOT FOR KINGS TO DRINK WINE, NOR FOR PRINCES INTOXICATING DRINK; Lest they drink and forget the law, AND PERVERT THE JUSTICE OF ALL THE AFFLICTED.

Est 1:12, BUT QUEEN VASHTI REFUSED TO COME AT THE KING’S COMMAND… THEREFORE THE KING WAS FURIOUS, AND HIS ANGER BURNED WITHIN HIM. 

Eph 5:22-23, WIVES, SUBMIT TO YOUR OWN HUSBANDS, as to the Lord. FOR THE HUSBAND IS HEAD OF THE WIFE, as also Christ is head of the church; …

BUT HUSBANDS MUST LOVE THEIR WIVES!

Eph 5:25, HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES, JUST AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED THE CHURCH AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR HER, 

A DRUNK KING LOST HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE IN JUST ONE NIGHT; FOR VASHTI WAS REMOVED FROM HER POSITION!

Eph 5:18, And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; BUT BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT, 

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2Chronicles 21, a foolish king

2Ch 21:1,4, And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers, … Then Jehoram his son reigned in his place…. Now when Jehoram was established over the kingdom of his father, HE STRENGTHENED HIMSELF AND KILLED ALL HIS BROTHERS WITH THE SWORD, AND ALSO OTHERS OF THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL. 

Josephus comments “HE COMMITTED THE MURDERS AT THE PROMPTING OF ATHALIAH”

Pro 13:20, HE WHO WALKS WITH WISE MEN WILL BE WISE, BUT THE COMPANION OF FOOLS WILL BE DESTROYED. 

2Ch 21:6-7, … and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. YET THE LORD WOULD NOT DESTROY THE HOUSE OF DAVID, BECAUSE OF THE COVENANT THAT HE HAD MADE WITH DAVID, and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.

Jehoram was an evil king prompted by his evil wife Athaliah, but the LORD promised David that his lineage will continue

Psa 132:11, The LORD has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it: “I will set upon your throne the fruit of your body. 

The LORD has promises for us as well IF we walk in HIS ways and seek HIS face!

Php 4:19, AND MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS. 

Psa 37:4, DELIGHT YOURSELF ALSO IN THE LORD, AND HE SHALL GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART. 

2Ch 21:18-19, AFTER ALL THIS THE LORD STRUCK HIM IN HIS INTESTINES WITH AN INCURABLE DISEASE…, THAT HIS INTESTINES CAME OUT BECAUSE OF HIS SICKNESS; SO HE DIED IN SEVERE PAIN…

A FOOLISH END TO A FOOLISH KING WHO SAW THE BLESSINGS HIS FATHER RECEIVED FROM GOD FOR FOLLOWING HIS WAYS, YET TOOK ANOTHER ROUTE HIMSELF!

Pro 1:7, The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.