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Proverbs 26, foolishness!

Pro 26:4, Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him. 

When a fool pours out his foolishness it is best not to answer him. People may think that you’re as foolish as the fool!

Pro 26:5, Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

But, at times, it may the right thing to answer a fool; where wisdom may be heard! One may contradict the other, but a wise man studies, and knows when to answer!

Pro 15:28, THE HEART OF THE RIGHTEOUS STUDIES HOW TO ANSWER, But the mouth of the wicked pours forth evil.  

Pro 26:11, AS A DOG RETURNS TO HIS OWN VOMIT, SO A FOOL REPEATS HIS FOLLY.

There are many who leave the faith only to return to their previous sins (vomit)!

2Co 11:3, But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 

Pro 26:12, DO YOU SEE A MAN WISE IN HIS OWN EYES? THERE IS MORE HOPE FOR A FOOL THAN FOR HIM.

Even more than a fool is a pride filled person who will not listen to anyone! He is wise in his own eyes!

Pro 16:18, Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. 

Jas 4:6, …Therefore He says: “GOD RESISTS THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.” 

Pro 26:20, WHERE THERE IS NO WOOD, THE FIRE GOES OUT; AND WHERE THERE IS NO TALEBEARER, STRIFE CEASES.

To a talebearer information about others is too juicy not to tell other talebearers; “do you know what she did…”, “can you believe that she…”.  REMEMBER GOD SEES ALL THAT YOU DO, YOUR NOT GETTING AWAY WITH IT!

Pro 26:22, THE WORDS OF A TALEBEARER ARE LIKE TASTY TRIFLES, AND THEY GO DOWN INTO THE INMOST BODY. 

Jas 3:6, AND THE TONGUE IS A FIRE, A WORLD OF INIQUITY. THE TONGUE IS SO SET AMONG OUR MEMBERS THAT IT DEFILES THE WHOLE BODY, AND SETS ON FIRE THE COURSE OF NATURE; AND IT IS SET ON FIRE BY HELL. 

IF THIS IS YOU THEN STOP; AT THE END YOUR ONLY HURTING YOURSELF!

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Proverbs 6:16-19, GOD hates?

Pro 6:16, These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: 

Can the GOD of love hate? The LORD loves everyone, yet because of our sin HIS SON JESUS was crucified on the cross! HE hates the things we do with our blessings!

Pro 6:17-18, A PROUD LOOK, A LYING TONGUE, HANDS THAT SHED INNOCENT BLOOD, A HEART THAT DEVISES WICKED PLANS, FEET THAT ARE SWIFT IN RUNNING TO EVIL,

Notice our body parts? The eyes, the tongue, the hands, the hearts, and the feet! These are the things we do with our own bodies! The LORD blessed us with our body parts yet we use them for evil!

Jas 3:10, Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. MY BRETHREN, THESE THINGS OUGHT NOT TO BE SO. 

Honor the LORD in humility, with your praises, lifting up holy hands in prayer. Honor HIM with your thoughts, and running to do HIS will!

Rom 6:13, And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. 

Pro 6:19, A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren. 

The LORD hates false witnesses for they were sought against HIS own SON JESUS! (Matt 26:59), but the Last one is an abomination to HIM! “one who sows discord among brethren”

Pro 26:20, Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases. 

Pro 16:28, A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends. 

HE has given us the strength to control our own vessel, and if we do so we honor HIM! Yet, there are does amongst the brethren who savor juicy information just to spread it around! STOP, your only condemning yourself!

1Th 4:4-5, that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Hos 9:15, “ALL THEIR WICKEDNESS is in Gilgal, FOR THERE I HATED THEM. BECAUSE OF THE EVIL OF THEIR DEEDS I will drive them from MY HOUSE; I WILL LOVE THEM NO MORE. All their princes are rebellious. 

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Proverbs 5, He who finds a wife is bless by the LORD!

Pro 5:1-2, My son, pay attention to my wisdom; Lend your ear to my understanding, THAT YOU MAY PRESERVE DISCRETION, AND YOUR LIPS MAY KEEP KNOWLEDGE.

Again, the FATHER telling HIS children to pay attention to HIS wisdom; for HE knows our hearts!  Most of us just live our lives ignoring HIS Instruction, but Sooner or later end up in a pit of our own doing!

Pro 5:3-5, For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil; BUT IN THE END SHE IS BITTER AS WORMWOOD, SHARP AS A TWO-EDGED SWORD. HER FEET GO DOWN TO DEATH, HER STEPS LAY HOLD OF HELL.

Stupid men can easily fall prey to the lure of an immoral woman with her sweet words; but her sweet words turn to rot and end in death followed by hell!

Pro 5:6-7, LEST YOU PONDER HER PATH OF LIFE—HER WAYS ARE UNSTABLE; YOU DO NOT KNOW THEM. THEREFORE HEAR ME NOW, MY CHILDREN, AND DO NOT DEPART FROM THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH.

A wise man will ponder think about her way and realize that it’s completely unstable! Wisdom will save you from many obstacles!  

Pro 5:15, Drink water from your own cistern, And running water from your own well. 

Why should a married man be looking out for another woman? GOD has blessed us men with a beautiful lady we call our wife

Pro 5:18-19, LET YOUR FOUNTAIN BE BLESSED, AND REJOICE WITH THE WIFE OF YOUR YOUTH. AS A LOVING DEER AND A GRACEFUL DOE, LET HER BREASTS SATISFY YOU AT ALL TIMES; AND ALWAYS BE ENRAPTURED WITH HER LOVE.

One may say the grass is greener on the other side, but do you water your own field? Stop looking for someone else, and realize that GOD has already bless you beyond words!

Pro 18:22, He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the LORD. 

Pro 5:21, For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He ponders all his paths. 

The LORD sees all and knows all! Your not getting away with it! Eventually HE shall be proven right leaving you with the bill to pay!

Pro 5:22-23, HIS OWN INIQUITIES ENTRAP THE WICKED MAN, AND HE IS CAUGHT IN THE CORDS OF HIS SIN. HE SHALL DIE FOR LACK OF INSTRUCTION, AND IN THE GREATNESS OF HIS FOLLY HE SHALL GO ASTRAY.

Be wise, ponder your ways, for the consequences always much more than you ever considered!

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Psalm 119:49-64, Examine your ways!

Zayin ז, 49-56

Psa 119:49-50, Remember the word to Your servant, Upon which You have CAUSED ME TO HOPE. THIS IS MY COMFORT in my affliction, For Your word has given me life.

HIS word cannot be broken, If HE has said it then it shall come to pass! This is our hope!

Num 23:19, “GOD IS NOT A MAN, THAT HE SHOULD LIE, NOR A SON OF MAN, THAT HE SHOULD REPENT. HAS HE SAID, AND WILL HE NOT DO? OR HAS HE SPOKEN, AND WILL HE NOT MAKE IT GOOD?

David boldly asks the LORD to fulfill HIS promise that HE has spoken to him!

2Sa 7:25, “Now, O LORD God, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, ESTABLISH IT FOREVER AND DO AS YOU HAVE SAID. 

HIS word is our hope, HIS word is our guide in life! But, if we don’t read and know exactly what HE has promised how can we have hope?

Psa 119:54-56, Your statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage. I remember Your name in the night, O LORD, And I keep Your law. This has become mine, Because I kept Your precepts.

The LORD are in his thoughts day and night. HIS word has become part of himself, for his faith and hope can be found in the word!

Rom 10:17, So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 

Heth ח , 57-64

Psa 119:59-60, I THOUGHT ABOUT MY WAYS, And turned my feet to Your testimonies. I MADE HASTE, AND DID NOT DELAY TO KEEP YOUR COMMANDMENTS.

Hag 1:7, THUS SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS: “CONSIDER YOUR WAYS! 

If we were to examine ourselves through the lens of HIS word we fall short! Are there things we must give up, Pride, dependence on your own strength, and wisdom?  Are we doing things that we shouldn’t? Examine yourself!

2Co 13:5, Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. DO YOU NOT KNOW YOURSELVES, THAT JESUS CHRIST IS IN YOU?—UNLESS INDEED YOU ARE DISQUALIFIED. 

Lam 3:40, Let us search out and examine our ways, AND TURN BACK TO THE LORD; 

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Psalm 101, Know yourself!

Psa 101:2, I WILL BEHAVE WISELY IN A PERFECT WAY. OH, WHEN WILL YOU COME TO ME? I WILL WALK WITHIN MY HOUSE WITH A PERFECT HEART. 

King David wanted his reign over Israel to be marked by integrity and godliness (Perfect way)! Not just in public where he is seen but even in the privacy of his own home!

Pro 20:7, The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him. 

David wanted to live righteously before the LORD is order to have fellowship with HIM! How can we have fellowship with the LORD and walk in darkness? It’s impossible! LIGHT CANNOT DWELL WITH DARKNESS!

1John 1:6-7, If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Psa 101:3, I WILL SET NOTHING WICKED BEFORE MY EYES; I HATE THE WORK OF THOSE WHO FALL AWAY; IT SHALL NOT CLING TO ME. 

A way to measure a man’s righteousness is not what he does at church or at work where he is clearly seen, but in his private times! What are you watching on TV, what goes through your mind when a beautiful lady is near you?

Job 31:1, “I HAVE MADE A COVENANT WITH MY EYES; WHY THEN SHOULD I LOOK UPON A YOUNG WOMAN? 

Even righteous Job noticed that he had a problem with the lust of the eyes! I KNOW I’M GUILTY, HOW ABOUT YOU?

1Jn 2:16, For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—IS NOT OF THE FATHER BUT IS OF THE WORLD. 

Know it or not, but we all fall short of the glory of GOD! But I’m a Christian, I don’t do these things! APPARENTLY, YOU ARE ALSO A LIAR!

Rom 3:9-10, What then? ARE WE BETTER THAN THEY? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks THAT THEY ARE ALL UNDER SIN. As it is written: “THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE;

True Christians know that we don’t deserve to be called a child of GOD; our righteousness are but dirty rags! YET, HE MADE A WAY FOR EVEN THE WORSE OF SINNERS TO BE SAVED! THANK YOU, LORD! THANK YOU!

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Psalm 32, Being forgiven!

Psa 32:1-2, …BLESSED IS HE WHOSE TRANSGRESSION IS FORGIVEN, WHOSE SIN IS COVERED. BLESSED IS THE MAN TO WHOM THE LORD DOES NOT IMPUTE INIQUITY, AND IN WHOSE SPIRIT THERE IS NO DECEIT.

Mans greatest need, even though many don’t know it, is to be forgiven from their sins! Remember when JESUS healed the Paralytic man!

Luk 5:20, When He saw their faith, He said to him, “Man, YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN YOU.” 

Did the paralytic man arise? NO, JESUS SAW HIS GREATEST NEED WAS TO BE FORGIVEN NOT MADE WELL!

Luk 5:24, BUT THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT THE SON OF MAN HAS POWER ON EARTH TO FORGIVE SINS”—He said to the man who was paralyzed, “I SAY TO YOU, ARISE, TAKE UP YOUR BED, AND GO TO YOUR HOUSE.” 

Men only see the external and are completely blind to the internal man! Being made well is indeed a true blessing, but without the forgiveness of sin it is hopeless!

Isa 1:18, “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD, “THOUGH YOUR SINS ARE LIKE SCARLET, THEY SHALL BE AS WHITE AS SNOW; THOUGH THEY ARE RED LIKE CRIMSON, THEY SHALL BE AS WOOL.

Psa 32:5, I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah 

Once forgiven are we then perfect? NO, were still sinners! Don’t try to hide your sins for HE sees all and knows all! Confess them!

1Jn 1:9-10, IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT SINNED, WE MAKE HIM A LIAR, AND HIS WORD IS NOT IN US.

I’m a sinner saved by HIS grace, not that I deserve it, but because I took hold of HIS gift!

Psa 32:6, For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You In a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters They shall not come near him.

There is a storm of judgement coming to the earth, don’t be part of that! Seek the LORD now while HE may be found and confess your sins! HE IS ALWAYS LISTENING! 

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Psalm 24, Robes of righteousness!

Psa 24:3, WHO MAY ASCEND INTO THE HILL OF THE LORD? Or WHO MAY STAND IN HIS HOLY PLACE? 

NO MAN CAN BE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND LIVE (Ex 33:20) FOR OUR SINS ARE ALWAYS BEFORE US! HE DWELLS IN UNAPPROACHABLE LIGHT (1Tim 6:16)

Psa 24:4, HE WHO HAS CLEAN HANDS AND A PURE HEART, WHO HAS NOT LIFTED UP HIS SOUL TO AN IDOL, NOR SWORN DECEITFULLY.

WELL THAT LEAVES ME OUT FOR I KNOW WHO I AM AND WHAT I’VE DONE!

Jer 17:9, “THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, AND DESPERATELY WICKED; WHO CAN KNOW IT?

People say “FOLLOW YOUR HEART”, without knowing that the heart is extremely wicked!

Truth is that I did follow my heart and it only led to immorality! NO ONE ON EARTH QUALIFIES TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE!

Ecc 7:20, FOR THERE IS NOT A JUST MAN ON EARTH WHO DOES GOOD AND DOES NOT SIN. 

BUT IN CHRIST WE HAVE HOPE, EVEN A PERSON LIKE ME!

1Pe 3:18, FOR CHRIST ALSO SUFFERED ONCE FOR SINS, THE JUST FOR THE UNJUST, THAT HE MIGHT BRING US TO GOD, BEING PUT TO DEATH IN THE FLESH BUT MADE ALIVE BY THE SPIRIT, 

THE MAN I WAS IS DEAD AND I’M ALIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CHRIST! NOT BECAUSE I DESERVE IT, BUT BECAUSE HE PAID THE PENALTY FOR MY SINS WITH HIS BLOOD!

2Co 5:17, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, HE IS A NEW CREATION; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Psa 24:5, HE SHALL RECEIVE BLESSING FROM THE LORD, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM THE GOD OF HIS SALVATION.

Isa 61:10, I WILL GREATLY REJOICE IN THE LORD, MY SOUL SHALL BE JOYFUL IN MY GOD; FOR HE HAS CLOTHED ME WITH THE GARMENTS OF SALVATION, HE HAS COVERED ME WITH THE ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS….

HE has taken my filthy clothing and clothed me with HIS righteousness!  ONLY IN CHRIST IS MAN ABLE TO STAND BEFORE THE FATHER! GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD!

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Psalm 5, the heart of man!

Psa 5:1-3, … GIVE EAR TO MY WORDS, O LORD, CONSIDER MY MEDITATION. GIVE HEED TO THE VOICE OF MY CRY, MY KING AND MY GOD, FOR TO YOU I WILL PRAY. MY VOICE YOU SHALL HEAR IN THE MORNING, O LORD; IN THE MORNING I WILL DIRECT IT TO YOU, AND I WILL LOOK UP. 

EVERY MORNING DAVID ROSE UP TO PRAY TO GOD, TO GIVE HIM THE BEST OF THE DAY! JESUS DID THE SAME! DO WE?

Mar 1:35-36, NOW IN THE MORNING, HAVING RISEN A LONG WHILE BEFORE DAYLIGHT, HE WENT OUT AND DEPARTED TO A SOLITARY PLACE; AND THERE HE PRAYED. And Simon and those who were with Him searched for Him.

WHILE JESUS WAS PRAYING PETER AND THE OTHERS WERE SNORING! PRAYER TO JESUS WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HIS PHYSICAL NEEDS!  BUT IN CONTRAST VERSES 4-6!

Psa 5:4-6, FOR YOU ARE NOT A GOD WHO TAKES PLEASURE IN WICKEDNESS, NOR SHALL EVIL DWELL WITH YOU. THE BOASTFUL SHALL NOT STAND IN YOUR SIGHT; YOU HATE ALL WORKERS OF INIQUITY. YOU SHALL DESTROY THOSE WHO SPEAK FALSEHOOD; THE LORD ABHORS THE BLOODTHIRSTY AND DECEITFUL MAN.

As we draw closer to HIM we can clearly see man’s depravity! GOD IS A GOD OF LOVE; THAT IS HIS NATURE! YET SCRIPTURES SAYS THE LORD HATES 7 THINGS!

Pro 6:16-19, These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A PROUD LOOK, A LYING TONGUE, HANDS THAT SHED INNOCENT BLOOD, A HEART THAT DEVISES WICKED PLANS, FEET THAT ARE SWIFT IN RUNNING TO EVIL, A FALSE WITNESS WHO SPEAKS LIES, And ONE WHO SOWS DISCORD AMONG BRETHREN.

The sad reality is this is found in ALL MEN AND WOMEN! No one is exempt from this truth! BUT HE CAN TRANSFORM OUR HEARTS AND MIND; EVEN THE HARDEN PERSON!

Eze 36:26, I WILL GIVE YOU A NEW HEART and PUT A NEW SPIRIT WITHIN YOU; I WILL TAKE THE HEART OF STONE OUT OF YOUR FLESH AND GIVE YOU A HEART OF FLESH.

1Pe 3:12, FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE ON THE RIGHTEOUS, AND HIS EARS ARE OPEN TO THEIR PRAYERS; BUT THE FACE OF THE LORD IS AGAINST THOSE WHO DO EVIL.” 

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Esther 3, the battle against the flesh!

Est 3:1, After these things King Ahasuerus PROMOTED HAMAN, the son of Hammedatha THE AGAGITE, and ADVANCED HIM AND SET HIS SEAT ABOVE ALL THE PRINCES WHO WERE WITH HIM.

Psa 12:8, THE WICKED PROWL ON EVERY SIDE, WHEN VILENESS IS EXALTED AMONG THE SONS OF MEN. 

Remember even this is from the LORD; when a wicked man such as Haman is promoted to power! Haman was a descendant of Agag who was the king of the Amalekites!

Exo 17:14,16, THEN THE LORD SAID to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, THAT I WILL UTTERLY BLOT OUT THE REMEMBRANCE OF AMALEK FROM UNDER HEAVEN.” … for he said, “BECAUSE THE LORD HAS SWORN: THE LORD WILL HAVE WAR WITH AMALEK FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.” 

Amalek, for the Christian, is a type of flesh that we battle on a daily basis! THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE FLESH AND THE SPIRIT!

Est 3:2, And ALL THE KING’S SERVANTS who were within the king’s gate BOWED AND PAID HOMAGE TO HAMAN, for so the king had commanded concerning him. BUT MORDECAI WOULD NOT BOW OR PAY HOMAGE. 

AS CHRISTIANS WE WILL ONLY BOW DOWN TO HIM WHO IS WORTHY OF PRAISE, NOT TO CORRUPTIBLE MAN!

Php 2:10, that at the name of JESUS every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 

Est 3:5-6, When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow or pay him homage, HAMAN WAS FILLED WITH WRATH. BUT HE DISDAINED TO LAY HANDS ON MORDECAI ALONE, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai. Instead, HAMAN SOUGHT TO DESTROY ALL THE JEWS …

TODAY, MEN RIOT AGAINST ALL THE POLICE FOR THE ACTIONS OF BUT A FEW JUST AS HAMAN SOUGHT TO KILL EVERY JEW FOR THE ACTIONS OF JUST ONE!  THE STAGE IS SET

Gal 5:17, For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 

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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,