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  • 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟏𝟒:𝟐 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃: 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐲s...

    𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟏𝟒:𝟐 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃: 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐲s...
    May 13 2025
    It is easy to know if you love God or not. A fool says, “You can’t judge me, because you don’t know my heart.” But Solomon says you can know his heart easily. You simply judge him by his actions. Good men show they love God; bad men show they hate Him.O hypocrite! You have been found out. Your talk is cheap. Your Sunday religion is vain. Your baptism is empty. Your friendship is false. Your words lie. Your actions tell the truth. Your lack of godly living and your wicked choices prove that you truly hate God.You will soon be exposed before the whole church (Pr 26:26; Ps 144:7-8). You are afraid to say you hate God, but your actions say you despise Him. Your pious words or regular attendance mean nothing, for a man that truly fears God will obey Him in all parts of life.The man who walks uprightly – does that which is right all the time – fears the Lord. The man perverse in his ways – who regularly disobeys – despises the Lord. This rule is simple; it is accurate; and hypocrites claiming to fear God do not deceive wise men at all.A common proverb says, “Actions speak louder than words.” Solomon agreed. He said even children are known by their doings, whether they are pure and right (Pr 20:11). Do not believe what you hear, if a person’s actions contradict it (Pr 14:15; 26:6-7,24-25).Good trees bear good fruit; evil trees bear evil fruit. And so it is with man. Unless his heart is good, his actions will be evil. The mouth speaks and the feet walk according to what is in the heart. Evil men cannot bring forth good actions (Matt 12:33-35). No matter how hard a hypocrite tries, wise men see the inconsistent life betraying his words.Hypocrites do not want to be discovered or judged, for their whole life is a lie. They pretend they fear the Lord in order to get something. They defend their inconsistent lives by denying that anyone knows their hearts. But sincere hearts are known by consistent righteousness, and evil hearts are known by sins. The rule is simple to identify character.Why do men pretend to fear God? Think closely, dear reader. They need something in the church, so they act religious to get it. They need friends, and Christians are friendly. They need a job, and their boss is a Christian. They need a spouse, and the best women are Christians. They want financial help, and Christians are generous. They fear their spouse leaving, so they obligate her as a Christian. They will pretend to keep their family happy.The fear of the Lord is not a single profession of an emotional event. “Going forward” at a revival is not scriptural or Christian, so it has no meaning at all. “Making a decision” is not walking uprightly; it is just vain thinking. “Getting saved” shows great ignorance about salvation, for there are at least five phases of it. “Being baptized” or “joining the church” are only single, small steps. They alone do not prove the fear of the Lord at all. The fear of the Lord is a lifestyle of obeying God, keeping His commandments, and hating sin (Eccl 12:13; Pr 8:13; 16:6). The early churches walked in the fear of the Lord, for they gave up their lives to follow Jesus Christ, even at great personal cost (Acts 9:31). Let Solomon’s father David tell you how he walked uprightly in his house (Psalm 101).Walking is not a step: it is many steps. Jesus said, “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed” (John 8:31). If you do not continue, you do not fear the Lord. You are to be in the fear of the Lord all the day long (Pr 23:17). Others can judge your heart.Few say they hate God. How horrible! But a lazy spiritual life with sin says louder than words that you despise Him (Mal 1:6-14). If you are not sold out for Him, He despises you and your life (Rev 3:14-19). Loving Christ means keeping His commandments (John 14:21-24). Knowing God truly is only by keeping His commandments (I John 2:3-5).
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  • 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟏𝟑:𝟏𝟗 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥: 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦...

    𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟏𝟑:𝟏𝟗 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥: 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦...
    May 12 2025
    Man could be perpetually happy, but most men despise the way to happiness and success. The greatest source of human fulfillment and joy is found in righteousness, truth, and wisdom. When a man obtains these things, it is the sweetest accomplishment on earth. But most men despise these things so much and love sin instead that they refuse to even pursue the reward. They hate and loathe the thought of giving up their sinful lifestyle.Here is a proverb of Solomon – a dark saying of the wise – needing interpretation (Pr 1:6). The desire accomplished is not desires in general, for that teaches little wisdom of value, and it does not fit with the disjunctive conjunction, “but.” The desire accomplished is not lustful greed of fools, for that would directly violate the disjunctive. Though all men and fools have pleasure meeting goals or fulfilling lusts, such is not taught here.The interpretive key is the word “but,” which places the first clause in adversative contrast to the second clause. “But” in this usage is a disjunctive conjunction, joining two clauses set in opposition to each other. The desire accomplished must be the holy desire of the righteous by virtue of it being sweet to the soul and set in opposition to the evil of fools in the parallel clause (Pr 10:24; 11:23). Consider this carefully before proceeding. The desire of a righteous man is to increase in righteousness, truth, and wisdom (Pr 4:7; 16:6; 18:1; 23:23). These are the goals for his life, and they produce enormous pleasure and profit when they are achieved (Pr 3:13,18,35; 4:8-9; 22:4; 29:18). The pleasure of walking with God and living a holy life far exceeds the superficial joys of the fool, even when he seems to be basking in prosperity (Pr 10:22; Ps 4:6-8; 43:4; 63:3-5; I Pet 1:8). The sweetest accomplishment is to be resurrected from the dead and be in heaven enjoying your eternal inheritance with God the Father and Jesus Christ. That was truly Abraham’s only goal (Heb 11:8-16). The Psalmist thought it was better than the pleasures of this life (Ps 17:14-15; 49:6-20; 73:1-26). And so did Paul (Phil 1:23; 3:8-11; II Cor 5:6-8). Where does it rank among your goals? And what have you done to secure it?Solomon observed that fools hate the idea of leaving their sins. They cannot see the great reward they are missing, and they refuse to deny themselves any of the pleasures their lusts crave. They deceive themselves that their sins are pleasing and profitable. They pursue sin greedily to their own destruction. They cannot do right. They cannot and will not seek God any more than an Ethiopian can change his skin color or the leopard his spots (Ps 36:1-4; Is 26:10; Jer 13:23; 17:9; Rom 1:18-32; 3:10-18; 8:7-8; Eph 4:17-19).The lesson is quite simple. There is a strait gate (think straitjacket) and narrow way that leads to life, and only a few men find it. It may involve some sacrifices of self-denial now, but the sweet rewards later are much greater. There is a wide gate and broad way that leads to destruction, and most men choose it instead (Matt 7:13-14). Fools continue to return to folly like dogs to their vomit and pigs to wallowing in mud again (Pr 26:11).If you desire godliness, God has done a great work to cause you to love what you once hated and to hate what you once loved (Phil 2:12-13). He will fulfill your desire, and it will be precious sweetness to your soul. But all the wicked shall be punished and destroyed for their folly in rejecting God’s offer of righteousness, truth, and wisdom. You can prove to yourself whether this is true of you or not by eight things (II Pet 1:5-11).
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  • 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟏𝟐:𝟏𝟔 𝐀 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥’𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞.

    𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟏𝟐:𝟏𝟔 𝐀 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥’𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞.
    May 11 2025
    Shame on you! What are you angry about? Why are you upset? What is all that bad? Why are you so bent out of shape? The goodness of God endureth continually (Ps 52:1)! You have ten times as many things to be happy and thankful about than to be mad about!A quick temper marks a fool, since prudent men avoid the shame of wrath by ruling their spirits. Be quick to hear, forgive, and serve; but be slow to speak and to wrath (Jas 1:19). It is infants and young, poorly-trained children that scream for little or no reason; do not prove yourself immature to others by not being able to control and govern your emotions.Wrath is vehement or violent anger; intense exasperation or resentment; deep indignation. Wise men, obeying the Bible, rule their spirits to keep from such feelings toward others, unless the cause is virtuous and justifiable (Pr 14:17,29). “He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city” (Pr 16:32).Anger and wrath are powerful passions, and they make men say and do things they would not otherwise do. Therefore, they must be ruled, and ruled tightly. Moses angrily smote the rock instead of speaking to it, and the Lord kept him from entering Canaan (Num 20:7-13). Anger moved Saul to try to kill his own faithful son Jonathan (I Sam 20:30-34).Not all anger is wrong, as Jesus only condemned anger “without a cause” (Matt 5:21-22). Of course, modern Bible versions, following their contemporary, effeminate brand of Christianity, have omitted these words in order to condemn all anger. By so doing they have indicted God, Jesus Christ, and holy prophets, apostles, and saints as sinners!Paul further clarified this important point, as he explained, “Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath” (Eph 4:26). When anger does occur, you cannot let it cause you to sin; and anger should not be allowed to fester and turn into bitterness. The matter of provocation should be dealt with righteously and brought to a quick end.Fools are quick to get angry, for no right reason, and they let their anger boil. It is presently known – it is quickly visible in their faces and obvious in their speech. They prove they are fools by not restraining their passions. Wise men restrain their spirits and control their reactions to any situation. Fools react without thinking; wise men think before reacting. Fools are controlled by their anger; wise men control their anger.Here is the important lesson of the proverb. A prudent man will think first and avoid the shame of hasty anger causing him to act foolishly (Eccl 7:9). The purpose of Proverbs is to teach you wisdom for success in life – and you will never be successful, if you do not learn to control and rule your passions, especially wrath, anger, and envy (Pr 27:4).The difference between men that control their emotions and those that do not is very great. Solomon honored that difference by exalting the self-controlled man as a mighty man of valor and military conqueror (Pr 16:32). He also warned that angry men were vulnerable to any adversity and would be easily destroyed in their endeavors (Pr 25:28).Another lesson, though not taught here directly, is that a wise man avoids angry men, lest he get a snare to his soul (Pr 22:24-25). If you associate with those who do not rule their spirits and tempers, you will pick up their perverse habits (Pr 13:20; I Cor 15:33). If you once had self-control and composure, you will lose it, and you will begin to fail in life.Reader, rule your spirit; do not let it rule you. “For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God” (Jas 1:20). It is impossible to be the child of God you should be, if you let anger burst from your heart and bring you to shame. There is no glory in anger and strife, regardless of how your flesh, the world, or Satan lies to you (Jas 3:14-16).
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  • 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟏𝟏:𝟐𝟏 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝: 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬...

    𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟏𝟏:𝟐𝟏 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝: 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬...
    May 10 2025
    It does not matter if evil men conspire together, the Judge of all will punish them. Numbers mean nothing to God, and He loves to break up associations and confederacies of wicked men (Pr 16:5). Vengeance is His; He will repay. But He will also direct His providence to save and bless good men and their children, though they may be very few.The choice is simple. God will deliver and help godly men and their families. But He will crush the wicked, no matter how large and powerful they become. It is your daily choice to be righteous or wicked. The results are certain; there is no escape (Pr 12:3). Future punishment is certain, if Jehovah is against you. The choice is simple – choose godliness.Go back 4,400 years. The world was full of violence and wickedness. Children of God were marrying women of the world. Their children were great successes. Mankind was united in rejecting God and His ways (Gen 6:1-7,11-12). But there was one faithful man, who was just, perfect, and righteous, and he walked with God (Gen 6:8-10; 7:1). It began to rain. Every man, woman, and child drowned. But Noah and his family were saved.Go back 2000 years. The Jews conspired with pagan rulers against Jesus of Nazareth (Ps 2:1-3). How did God react to this international confederacy? He laughed hard (Ps 2:4)! What else did He do? He got angry and vexed them with tribulation in 70AD worse than anything before or since (Ps 2:5; Matt 24:21). Were any delivered? Only the few who feared the Lord, kissed the Son, and trusted in Him (Ps 2:10-12; Matt 24:22; Acts 2:40)!Consider today. Hollywood, the UN, communism, the NEA, Democrats, the PTA, Muslims, the NBA, Republicans, the ACLU, and Hell’s Angels all have something in common – they despise Bible Christians. And most of today’s carnal Christians and churches agree with them (II Tim 3:1 – 4:4). But do not let their numbers or agreement bother you. Hold fast, and you will rule with Jesus Christ over them (Rev 2:25-27).The majority means nothing, except to be wrong. Truth has always been held by a small minority (Matt 7:14). God cannot stand the choices and trends of the majority (Ex 23:2; Num 14:1-10; I John 5:19-20). Good men reject the majority (Josh 24:15; Job 31:34; Dan 3:1-18). One man with God on his side is invincible (Ezek 22:30; II Tim 4:16-18).Your daily choice to be godly or wicked affects children and grandchildren (Ex 20:5; Ps 37:25-26; 112:1-2; Jer 32:39). Do not fear this world and its united front against truth and godliness. “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong” (I Cor 16:13).https://letgodbetrue.com/proverbs/index/chapter-11/proverbs-11-21/
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  • 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟖:𝟐𝟕 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐬, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡:

    𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟖:𝟐𝟕 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐬, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡:
    May 7 2025
    How important is wisdom? God had it when He created the heavens and the earth out of nothing (Gen 1:1; Heb 11:3). They show His power, wisdom, and discretion (Jer 10:12; 51:15). Lady Wisdom here encourages you to value wisdom highly because God does.The modern and weak concept of Intelligent Design does not do the LORD Jehovah justice, for He is infinitely wise with perfect understanding and creative genius far beyond mere intelligence or intellectual capacity. He is wise, and He calls you to be wise.Intelligence, or mere analysis and application, falls short of wisdom. God arranged and ordained every aspect of the universe when there had never been such a thing before to analyze. He also has the power of right judgment to discretely and prudently interact with other rational creatures. He inspired Solomon to write Proverbs for you to get wisdom.Who thought the earth was flat? The children of Jehovah God have always known the earth was round. When the blessed and only Creator God formed the earth’s atmosphere, and when He wrapped it around the ball of water hanging in space, wisdom was there with Him. Lady Wisdom offers you wisdom today by this proverb and the rest of Jehovah’s scriptures. Will you accept her gracious offer (Pr 8:1-5,32-36; 9:1-12)?How great is wisdom? After Lady Wisdom’s introduction and invitation (Pr 8:1-5), she described the excellence and truth of wisdom (Pr 8:6-11), the benefits that flow to those having it (Pr 8:12-21), and the presence and use of wisdom by God in the creation of the heavens and earth (Pr 8:22-31). She then concluded with a further invitation (Pr 8:32-36). Wisdom is the most precious thing you can obtain in life (Pr 3:13-20; 4:5-13; 8:10-11).This proverb exalts wisdom by showing it was with God in the creation of the heavens and His arrangement for the heavens to circle and encompass the watery globe. God created the heavens, the earth, and light on the first day (Gen 1:1-5; Ex 20:11; 31:17). He created the earth’s atmosphere on the second day, which is the firmament of heaven that separated the water above the sky from the water covering the earth (Gen 1:6-8).God created the universe. The interstellar and interplanetary spaces and the spherical globe of the earth were formed first (Gen 1:1). The earth was a formless ball covered with water hanging in the total darkness of space (Gen 1:2). God then added light, without light sources for three days, mind you, to complete the first day (Gen 1:3-5,14-19). The only big bang, if there was one, occurred when God said, “Let there be light:” – and there was light (Gen 1:3)! If God has given you faith, you understand it (Heb 11:3).God created the earth’s atmosphere. He separated waters on the earth’s surface by an expanse called heaven, which we call atmosphere, in which birds and planes fly (Gen 1:6-8,20). He gathered the waters on the earth and under this atmosphere into seas on the third day (Gen 1:9). The waters above the atmosphere remained there for the 1,656 years before rain (Gen 2:5-6; 7:4; Heb 11:7). It was not until the Flood that rain appeared; it was not until after the Flood that rainbows appeared (Gen 7:11-12; 9:12-15).The Lord compassed, or encircled, the earth with this atmospheric heaven as part of His creative work on the second day. Included in these first two days of creation was the ordination of gravity to hold the waters and the atmosphere around the earth. Though the earth spins at 1000 mph, the atmosphere that compasses the earth moves right along with the earth, so you are not blown away! From the vantage point of spacecraft, you can see the aqua blue ball suspended by nothing in the firmament of heaven. Give God the glory!
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  • 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟕:𝟏 𝐌𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐮𝐩 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞.

    𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟕:𝟏 𝐌𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐮𝐩 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞.
    May 6 2025
    Sons often neglect their father’s instructions and warnings. If they forget them, they will not be ready, when temptation is in their eyes, ears, heart, and loins. And the temptation here is dangerous and powerful – a beautiful and skilled adulteress (Pr 7:5-27). The same lesson applies to young women, when they are infatuated with a handsome man. Solomon begins and ends his warning with appeals to remember his advice (Pr 7:1-4,24).Solomon knew the folly and vanity of youth (Pr 22:15; Eccl 11:10). He knew the great vulnerability that young men and women have to sexual lusts and temptations (Ps 25:7; Eccl 12:5; Ezek 23:3,8,19,21; II Tim 2:22). Their freedom, folly, naiveté, sexual desire, and youthful bodies create a dangerous combination. He also knew the haughty spirit in most of their hearts. Therefore, he repeatedly begged his children to listen and remember his instruction (Pr 1:8; 2:1-5; 3:1-4; 4:1-5,13; 5:1-2,7; 6:20-21; 7:1-4,24; 8:32-33).The dangers of not remembering are great. How will a young man resist, when his eyes are full of her beauty, his ears full of her flattery, his heart full of her offered love and submission, and his loins full of desire (Pr 5:3; 6:24-25; 7:13-21)? How will a young woman resist, when her eyes are full of his manliness, her ears full of his flattery, her heart full of his attention and affection, and her body craves his embrace (Gen 34:1-3)?The consequences of not remembering are great. Solomon warned his children very carefully about the bitter pain that would wrack their consciences and bodies after sinning sexually (Pr 5:7-14). They would lose their reputations, years of their lives, and their labor and money. They would grieve about their hypocrisy, but it would be too late. They would remember the many warnings they had been given, but it would also be too late. Why is it hard for youth to remember instruction? They have undisciplined and wanderings minds; they easily forget what was said in their rush to explore new things; they get enraptured in the vanity of youthful activities and lusts; they think their teachers are too conservative and missing the great pleasures of life; they fall into temptation naively and unawares without recollection of warnings. Youth is folly and vanity!Consider Joseph in Egypt. He worked for Potiphar in his late teens and twenties, the years of a man’s most powerful sexual drive (Gen 37:2; 41:46). He was far from home; no one knew him; Egypt’s morality was low; and a beautiful woman begged him to sleep with her (Gen 39:7-12). He did not have a Bible, and there were none for sale at the local pyramid! How did he resist this woman in these circumstances? How did he give such a sober answer to her? He remembered the instructions of his father from his youth. Glory!But consider Samson with Philistine women. Though he had good parents, who had been given careful instructions about his life, he chose early on to reject their advice about women (Judges 13:1-25; 14:1-3). By forgetting the warnings of his parents, Samson was in no condition to resist the lying words, hired body, and short-term pleasure of Delilah; and he was utterly ruined (Judges 16:1-21). If only he had remembered his parents’ advice and married a beautiful woman of Israel and had children with her (Pr 5:15-23).Solomon had been taught well by both of his parents – David and Bathsheba (Pr 4:1-4; I Chron 28:9). And he had witnessed the horrible evils of sexual sins in his own father and family (II Sam 11:1-27; 12:1-25; 13:1-39). But he forgot his father’s instruction and ruined his life with 1000 ungodly women (I Kgs 11:1-8; Neh 13:23-27). If even this wise man could forget the instruction he had been given, the danger is much greater for you.
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  • 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟔:𝟐𝟎 𝐌𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫:

    𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟔:𝟐𝟎 𝐌𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫:
    May 5 2025
    Great parents work together to teach their children rules for safe and successful lives. Great children remember what their parents taught them and do it. God gave parents distinct advantages over children – experience, wisdom, a long-term perspective, great affection for them, and objective knowledge of their children’s weaknesses. The first step to success and prosperity is to obey your parents’ instruction. Simple? Yes. Easy? No.Reader, how much pain and trouble could you have avoided, if you had obeyed your parents better? No matter how foolish your parents might have been, they were infinitely wiser than you when God introduced you to them at conception and birth (Pr 22:15). However, the proverb speaks primarily of wise and understanding parents, which are a wonderful advantage for children, if they will humbly hear their instruction and keep it.Obeying parents is ridiculed in most circles today. Parents are mocked as being ignorant, out of touch with reality, too selfish or conservative, not understanding how attitudes and conduct have changed, intent only on depriving children of opportunities and pleasure, and so forth and so on. Because of this it is only the rare child that can reject peer pressure and this wicked outlook to humbly consider his parents’ rules and obey them.Solomon was ready to warn his son again about whores (Pr 6:23-35). To maximize the seriousness of these sexual warnings, he exhorted his son to remember the careful instruction he had received from both parents. They had taught him the moral absolutes God ordained for the human race, and they exhorted him to keep them continually, for they would provide great protection and prosperity throughout his life (Pr 6:21-23).Child, are you as wise as Solomon hoped his son would be? Do you keep your father’s commandment? Do you obey the law of your mother? God created parents (Gen 3:20; 4:1), and He ordered you to obey them (Ex 20:12; Eph 6:1-3). They know one thousand times more about life, including love and sex, than you. Talk to them. Confess your sins to them. Admit your fears and temptations. Ask for advice and help. Obey their rules.Optimal parenting requires both fathers and mothers. The father is the primary teacher of spiritual truth in the family, as great fathers in the Bible illustrate (Gen 18:19; Josh 24:15; Ps 34:11; Is 38:19), and as both testaments teach (Ps 78:1-8; Joel 1:1-3; Eph 6:4). However, the mother also has her role, as Solomon knew so well (Pr 1:8; 31:1-2), and as mothers like Hannah and Eunice show (I Sam 1:28; II Tim 1:5; 3:15).Parent, have you taught your children about life and the right way of the Lord? Or do you merely send them off to school Monday through Friday and to Sunday school on Sunday? Do you teach them strict moral absolutes against the situational ethics of society? Have you taught them wisdom for applying moral absolutes to unique circumstances? Do they know God’s laws about sex? Training children is not an option. It is a commandment of God (Gen 18:19; Deut 6:4-7; Ps 78:1-8; Eph 6:4). Get to it today (Pr 19:18; 29:15)!https://letgodbetrue.com/proverbs/index/chapter-6/proverbs-6-20/
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  • 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟓:𝟔 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰...

    𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟓:𝟔 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰...
    May 4 2025
    Son, your great enemy is adaptable. She will alter her methods in order to entice and keep you, for she cannot allow you to examine your life or consider the consequences of further dealings with her. Do you know this enemy? Do you know her tactics? Do you know how to save yourself from her? Be forewarned and live, my son (Pr 5:1)!Solomon used many proverbs to warn men about the strange woman and how she destroys men (Pr 7:26; 23:28). A strange woman is any woman not your wife, but especially a whore; he warned his son carefully about her (Pr 5:1-5). He knew her pain himself, and experience said she was a great threat to destroy young men (Eccl 7:25-29).He knew many of her enticements. He knew about her flattering words (Pr 6:24), her beauty (Pr 6:25), her eye contact (Pr 6:25), her kisses (Pr 7:13), her pretended character (Pr 7:14), her romantic affection (Pr 7:15), her creative lovemaking (Pr 7:16-18), and her precautions for a safe rendezvous (Pr 7:19-20). But he did not know them all.Escape from a strange woman requires a man to soberly and unemotionally examine his life and the future results of his actions. Calm reflection will show he is hanging over the pit of hell, with bitter pain and death the certain results. All she can offer is momentary and temporary pleasure. He needs to immediately get as far away from her as possible.A whore cannot allow you to think soberly, for it would ruin her game, so she uses all her wiles to keep you from realizing your fatal situation. She entices you unrelentingly in various ways, so that you cannot escape her draw. She uses womanly instincts, hellish training, and devilish seduction to keep you off balance and under her spell. She cannot afford to let you consider your ways. She must keep your soul a slave to her desires.Solomon had learned the hard way that her “heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands” (Eccl 7:26). Snares and nets are the tools of those who trap unwary animals, birds, or fish. They are disguised from view; they are often moved; and they have attractive bait attached. Whorish women are like beasts of prey, crouching, sneaking, hiding, and then pouncing on their unwary victims to their mortal destruction (Pr 23:27-28; 22:14).Samson knew Delilah wanted to ruin him, by three other events; yet he could not resist her seductive wiles, and so she destroyed a strong man (Jdgs 16:4-21; Pr 7:26). Samson’s ruin is hard to believe, so Solomon gave a clear warning in the proverb here. Tamar knew she must alter her appearance and ways to snare Judah, and they worked (Gen 38:12-19).Whores can play hard to get – or easy to have. They might be down and dirty – or upright and noble (Pr 7:14). They can offer love – or threaten revenge. They might take you with words – or with touches. They can be mysterious – or bold. They can appear to be slipping away – or promising eternal adoration. They can pretend to be innocent and virtuous – or they can be wildly bold. They will change to chain you to them.Young man, certain safety is only by staying far from her (Pr 5:8; 4:15; Rom 13:14). Do not deceive yourself about your ability to resist her temptation. To expose yourself to her wiles is more than you can handle. Nearly any whorish woman is too much temptation for nearly any man, so get away, now! Flee fast and far (Gen 39:12; II Tim 2:22)! You will never escape an inviting woman unless you ponder the path of life. Do you examine yourself in the light of God’s word, where the path of life is detailed for you (Ps 139:23-24)? Do you prepare for the preaching of God’s word to convict you of any errors in your life? This exercise is essential to your safety and success in life (II Cor 13:5).
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