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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2020 8:04:41 GMT -6
“The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression” (Proverbs 19:11).
“The discretion of a man deferreth his anger,” to be discreet about things is to have careful judgment. If a man is careful, he doesn’t just become unglued and blow up about things. This is not to say a discreet man can hold off his anger forever, but it means that he won’t fly into a rage at the first instant that something upsets him. It is possible to be “angry and sin not,” according to Paul. There certainly comes a time when there are some things to be angry over, as long as there is a righteous cause for it. Jesus Christ certainly displayed His anger at the Pharisees and the money changers in the Temple.
“The discretion of a man deferreth his anger,” or he is able to put it off for a time, that is, control it. This describes on that will “give place unto wrath.”
“Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord” (Romans 12:17-19).
“. . . and it is his glory to pass over a transgression,” to lose one’s temper is not a “glory” to him but a “shame.” When one passes over a transgression, he is like God: "Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy” (Micah 7:18).
It takes both wisdom and self-control to remain calm and collected and Christlike under fire and under pressure. It is this ability that enables him to “pass over a transgression of another”, which is said to be a “glory” to him.
“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city” (Proverbs 16:32).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2020 8:51:32 GMT -6
“Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?” (Proverbs 20:9).
Nobody can. The Bible says that all have sinned. And no man can be pure from sin by any work that he does. The only standard that God will accept is the standard that His own Son met, and that is an absolutely 100% perfect standard. Anything less is to fall short of the glory of God. Paul said, “And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission” (Hebrews 9:22). He further stated: “In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins” (Colossians 1:14). Attempting to gain salvation through one’s good works is a “bloodless gospel,” and is accursed according to Paul for holding to “another gospel.”
“Who can say, I have made my heart clean,” nobody can say that. The Bible teaches that all men are guilty before God: “What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes” (Romans 3:9-18). All of man is condemned as unrighteous.
We may not have swung the hammer that drove the nails into our Saviour’s body, but it was our wickedness that made it necessary. Isaiah says from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head, there is nothing good about man.
“Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment” (Isaiah 1:5-6).
“Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?” Anyone who is saved can. We can say, “I have been made clean,” because it is God that does it. How is it done? “And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith” (Acts 15:9).
A man’s free will is not under the complete and total control of his wicked nature. He can desire to change; he can exercise his ability to repent of his sins and accept God’s new nature and eternal life. It does require a hearing of the Gospel and the conviction of the Holy Spirit—and by a man’s free will he can also tell God no. For all the talk of the Calvinists, God is still powerless to make a man act one way or the other against his own free will. Man’s free will is spoken of in Ezra 7:13 and 16.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2020 8:29:38 GMT -6
“It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman” (Proverbs 21:19).
The reason is obvious. Contentious means to be constantly arguing and nagging. Now, I know that men are always accusing their wives of nagging, but it is nothing like this woman. If a man could set his wife beside this woman for a day, he’d be mighty blessed that he has the woman he has and not this one. A contentious person is one that is always quarreling about every little thing.
“Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools” (Ecclesiastes 7:9). Therefore, an angry woman is a fool. She is definitely not in the mold of what Peter considered to be a good wife: “Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price” (I Peter 3:1-4). If you have a woman like this, you had better thank God mightily.
A man would be better off to go to Dick’s Sporting Goods and buy him a tent, a Coleman stove, and a lantern and go live in the woods than to live in this situation. Of course, it’s likely his own fault as he no doubt was more interested in the woman’s outward beauty than her inward beauty when he married her. It is so much better to wait on the Lord and let Him give you a good wife, for they are surely hard to find.
When a man finds a good wife, it is the closest thing to a heaven on earth. There is nothing better in this world than to have a good woman, be saved, have children that love the Lord, and a roof over your head. One man said, “Christians in America live like kings.” I don’t know about that, but I do agree with the fellow that told us that we are all King’s kids.
There is a dispensational application, and Tribulation aspect, to verse 19. During the Times of Jacob’s Trouble, Israel will be living in the wilderness because of an angry woman. Who is she? She is that old harlot of Revelation 17. She is angry at the saints of God during the Tribulation and tries to destroy them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2020 8:08:46 GMT -6
“The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want” (Proverbs 22:14-16).
“The mouth of strange women is a deep pit,” notice that, “the mouth” (singular) of “strange women” (plural) . . . they all have one mouth. You spend any time among them, and you’ll notice that they all say the same thing.
Solomon deals with the “strange woman” in 2:16, 2:19, and 5:3. The deep pit is that her words will draw a man in and at the end of that thing is destruction. It will get a man in trouble, and it is not easy to get out.
“. . . he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein,” why? Because God will lead him to her. That is the problem. If a man desires to do wrong, God will lead him to destruction. It is the old proverbial saying, “He will give a man enough rope to hang himself.”
“Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child,” to be “bound” is to be chained, tied up, in jail, in prison, incarcerated. In a child’s own strength, it cannot be released from what it is, but we, as parents can help them. It is a part of his nature, and the only way he can get help is from the outside. A child is not going to chasten himself. All a child knows is how to do things that come naturally. Our natural self is in Adam and is death.
This verse is so powerful that it would behoove every parent to not only memorize it, but to put it in practice on a regular basis—whenever it is needed. “Foolishness is bound,” the kid can’t help it—he is born that way. But he doesn’t have to stay that way, and yet there are men in the 50’s and 60’s that are still bound by that which his parents allowed to continue unabated.
One of a parent’s greatest jobs is to drive foolishness far from their child. They are to make that child see that it is unacceptable behavior. Living, as we do, in these years of the AntiFa resistance it is easy to see that the modern parents have not only allowed foolishness to reign in the lives of their children, but even encouraged it. A foolish child, that can’t help what he is, will grow into a foolish adult that could have been helped. It is easy to bend a twig, but not so a fully-grown oak tree.
“. . . but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him,” You have to drive foolishness far from him, make him see that it is bad, that it is going to reap bad results in his life, and to get him to seek a better way.
“He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches,” like advertising, making false promises about things to convince people to buy things they don’t need. Medicines that promise to heal that don’t. Religious and political hucksters. “. . . and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want,” government, business, and religion often oppress the poor for profit sometimes.
One of the problems we have with our graduated income tax system is that it is just a fancy way of saying that some folks pay more than others of a percentage of their earnings. It is really set up to advantage for the rich man. There are many, many loopholes for him to get out of it. They have lawyers, and trusts, and shelters which provide them means to hide their income. A lot of rich men pay very little taxes, so there are many ways to oppress the poor.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2020 7:49:33 GMT -6
“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words . . . Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge” (Proverbs 23:7-8, 12).
When a kid messes up in a horrible way and commits some crime, almost immediately people say, “Well, he’s a good kid.” No, he’s not! He has an evil heart and his evil deeds proceed from that heart. He is not a good kid. No, he does not really have a good heart. “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.”
“Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee,” he is deceitful and trying to trip you up. “ The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words,” if a man’s appetite leads him to excess, he will vomit, and all the flattering words you have said will fly away. It will not have done you any good to say any of those things, those sweet words.
“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” In connection with this consider this expression:
Sow a thought, reap a deed; Sow a deed, reap a habit; Sow a habit, reap a character; Sow a character, reap a destiny. What a man thinks in his heart, That is eventually what he is.
First clause—read the Word of God— “Apply thine heart unto instruction.” Second clause—listen to good, sound preaching— “[Apply] thine ears to the words of knowledge.”
Solomon dealt with the important matter of receiving knowledge back in Chapters 2, 5, and 8. We are simply to work at it, apply it, get in there and study. Don’t just listen to a message and take notes and that is all the further you go with it. Heart knowledge is gained only after applying truths to your life and making them part of your character. Head knowledge is only that, and it doesn’t last as long.
There was a time when I was deeply involved with memorizing whole books in the Bible, about half of Paul’s epistles. I admit that I had them down, and could quote chapter 1, verse one clear through to the last chapter, last verse. But I had to constantly review it because I would forget them after a time. Now, the review wasn’t difficult and was back to quoting the whole book again within a couple of weeks, but again the book would fade. I simply had a head knowledge, but not a heart knowledge. I was saved, no question about that, but my work was bypassing my heart and simply filling up my head. My head leaked.
Study the stuff, look the verses up, and try to find a way to make them apply to your life. As babies growing up, we learn to identify with the things that we experience so that they become second nature to us. We don’t even have to stop and contemplate the color blue—we just know it without thinking about it. Certain verses are like that for us. John 3:16 is so much a part of a born-again believer that he doesn’t even have to try to remember it—it just flows off the top of his mind like nothing.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2020 7:52:03 GMT -6
“Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them” (Proverbs 24:1 KJV). Watch the people you run around with.
“Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags" (Proverbs 23:17-21).
“Be not thou envious against evil men,” now, the word “against” here isn’t to be opposed to them, but to be “desirous of them,” to be over next to them, or to be companions of them-- “neither desire to be with them.” This connects with verse 2: “For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.” These evil men are figuring out ways to destroy others. We also see their purpose in 1:11 “If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause.”
Evil men study destruction. Evil men learn how to destroy other men for profit and personal gain or for revenge, and all that. “The companion of fools shall be destroyed,” Revelation 18:4 warns, “Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” One day judgment is going to fall on the evil system, and if you are tied up in that system, you’ll get it also. In other words, don’t be in the wrong fox hole when the grenades start coming in.
“For their heart studieth destruction,” compare to “He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person” (Proverbs 24:8 KJV).
Parents often laughingly refer to their child as “mischievous.” Just know that the Bible uses that term very badly. You really don’t want a mischievous child. It is not a cute expression in the Bible, in fact, it is a very deadly expression.
“When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall" (Proverbs 4:12-16).
“For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief,” that is deals, plans, escapades for personal gain, profit, or revenge. They are studying how to destroy others.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 7:40:47 GMT -6
“Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain” (Proverbs 25:14).
Now, there's a contrast between 13 and 14, “Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift,” you have the true messenger, the faithful messenger, in verse 13; and then you have this false messenger who boasts himself of a false gift. He is “like clouds and winds without rain.” In other words, they appear that they're going to do something, it looks like it might rain, but nothing happens.
So, Jehovah’s Witnesses, or Mormons, are some heretic that preaches some other gospel; he has an air of Christianity, he has a Bible, but yet his message doesn't satisfy. There's nothing satisfying in his message, whereas when a person gets saved, they get a cold glass of water. I mean, they get exactly what they need right now! They don’t have to wait for it. They don’t have to work for it, it's given to them as a free gift that very instant.
“Whoso boasteth himself,” he is proud “of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.” If there was ever a verse in Proverbs that define the Charismatic movement, that's it right there. It is based on carnal pride and false gifts and it's “like clouds and wind without rain.” There really is no satisfaction in it, there is really no permanent work done in the believer’s life in it, and anybody that has ever been around them knows it to be a fact. They are very carnal people and they don't have any real assurance of their salvation; they really have no answer for your problems. All they can say to you is you need to get that GIFT; you need to speak in tongues, you need to experience the Pentecostal experience. Well, that won't help you if you have no idea where you are going to spend eternity with the certainty that the word of God offers.
“And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God" (1 John 5:11-13).
Immediately one will rise up and claim, “Yes! See! As long as you believe! If you stop believing you stop having eternal life!” Well, I guess their main problem is in the definition of eternal, which means . . . eternal.
They'll say, “Well, you know God will take care of you after you get the gift.” There’s a whole lot of folks that “got it,” and it didn't help them. Then they try to get you healed and frustrate you more. It's just a ministry of frustrations because God's not in it, it's a false gift.
Someone that claims that they are saved and yet has no biblical assurance for their belief, is one that “boasteth himself of a false gift.” But, really, assurance of salvation is as easy as accepting this simple promise: “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13). And that word, “saved,” you’ll note, is past tense.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2020 9:11:45 GMT -6
“He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools” (Proverbs 26:6-7).
“He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet,” how are you going to get anywhere doing that? See, you can't get anywhere cutting off the feet. If you put the message in the hand of a fool, he won't deliver it; or at least not the message you gave him.
“You cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage,” here's the case of Ahimaaz, they sent a man that had no message, he was just a fool. He was anxious, he was zealous, but he didn't have any message.
These are verses that say pretty much the same thing as 26:6.
“As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him” (Proverbs 10:26).
“A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health” (Proverbs 13:17).
“As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters” (Proverbs 25:13).
This is a very descriptive thing. Obviously, a fool will not be equal, or fair with a parable interpretation because he doesn't have any understanding. In other words, when a fool tries to interpret a parable it won't be right. It will be lopsided; it'll be out of balance. And not only that, but his interpretation will cause pain. Not only what he said won't be right, but what he does say will do damage.
In Matthew 13:10, Christ stated that the parables were for those that had understanding, and they asked him why He spoke to them in parables. In 13:11, He said because it is given on them to know the mystery of the Kingdom; but to those it is not given. So, a fool doesn't understand a parable, so obviously the parable cannot be interpreted properly by the fool.
Again, an example of this is in Ezekiel 20:49. When Ezekiel is talking about hell, they say he speaks in parables, and that's exactly the way the Seven Day Adventist and the Jehovah’s Witness handles the hell story of the rich man in Luke 16. They say that that's a parable and not an actual case. They say he's speaking in parables. That is the fool trying to interpret a passage. Luke 16 is not a parable.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2020 8:48:08 GMT -6
“Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens” (Proverbs 27:23-27).
The whole thing of verses 23 to 27 is just all one passage.
“For riches are not forever,” then they are uncertain, aren’t they.
“Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy” (I Timothy 6:17).
Paul told Timothy not to trust in uncertain riches. You have to be diligent and know that riches don’t last forever.
“The hay appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself,” in other words, get the job done while you can get it done, and that's all it is saying. When you got the opportunity to do it, do it. Take advantage of the opportunity. If you want 26 and 27 to be true than 23-25 means that you need to get busy and be diligent.
“The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goat are the price of the field. You got lambs and goats; old goats, mutton goats, stubborn goats. You got some lambs; they are tender and pliable, and easy to deal with. Then you got goats. Every church has a little bit of both.
In the beginning of your work for the Lord, God will send you people for one reason and one reason only and that's just to finance you until things get going. I've seen it happen. I've seen God just send people who have money and all they really do is put money in the box and kind of pay the bills, and then after the thing really starts getting busy and the heat is on, they are gone. But by that time, you've got a good base. You’ve got good people.
I've seen them come and go. I mean people had money and they were looking for a Bible-preaching church. And for a time, they sat in your church. But when things really started to happen, out the door they go. They are not looking for that responsibility, but God does send them. I thank God for them.
Now, there is innumerable applications to the ministry in the passage. We are God's sheep. All saints of God are sheep, and a preacher is a pastor, he is a shepherd, an undershepherd. He's to be diligent to know the state of his flocks; he is to look well to his herd as we see in First Peter 5:1-4. “As a good shepherd,” Peter said, “feed the flock of God which is among you.”
Now, what does a man earn by feeding the flock, and taking the oversight? What is the promised reward in first Peter 5? A crown. He said, “and doth the crown endure to every generation?” I mean, if you don't take care of the flock, you will lose your crown, plus if you don't raise up other men to learn how to train and take care of the flock, the crown will not be passed on.
You can get your crown out of it, but if you don't teach those principles to somebody else, the crown won't endure. What’s happened is that the church is in disarray. The flock is scattered, and it’s been scattered by bitterness and gossip and stuff and an undisciplined church, and by an undisciplined ministry and the crown is not going to endure. There hasn't been that emphasis on ministering. The emphasis of the ministry is often on soulwinning. Let’s get numbers in here, but it isn’t really emphasizing the need to maintain the ministry. Let’s train men to build churches. We’ve lost that.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2020 8:25:06 GMT -6
“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief” (Proverbs 28:13-14).
Verses 13 and 14 go together. “He that covereth his sins,” like Adam (Genesis 3) with fig leaves, “shall not prosper.” God said, “Adam, where are you?” Adam didn’t prosper, God rebuked him and then took them off and gave him the animal skins.
This is a good verse to memorize. “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them,” A lot of people are confessing, confessing, confessing, and never really forsake them.
There's a two-fold repentance after we are saved. Two parts to repentance. You confess them, and you turn from them. Now, you may not conquer them immediately, but each time you do it, you confess it and you turn from it again. You keep turning from it until you get away from it. Just like when you were tempted to do it, you kept going to it, and you built up that habit, and that way, in your life. to get rid of it, you keep turning away from it until you finally get away from it. Until you get it all out of your heart. Sometimes it takes years. It took years to build that thing up. And yet, thank God for this:
“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (I John 1:8-9).
“Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.”
“Happy is the man that feareth alway,” now, why would a man confess and forsake his sins? Fear. Fear of God’s judgment. A guy that is covered in sins has no fear of God; “happy is the man that feareth alway.” Why is he happy? His guilt is gone. No judgment. You can't be happy until you're confessing and forsaking sinsk and you can't be happy unless there's really fear in your life. That's contrary to modern psychology. They want to remove all fear.
“. . . but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief,” like Pharaoh (Exodus 4:21). Fear is good.
“Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling” (Psalms 2:11).
“The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether” (Psalms 19:9).
Fear is just a good motive: “By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith” (Hebrews 11:7). Fear is a good motive to keep you happy.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2020 8:33:08 GMT -6
“Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance . . . A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet” (Proverbs 29:3, 5).
“Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father,” Solomon dealt with this earlier:
“A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother” (Proverbs 10:1).
“A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother” (Proverbs 15:20).
“My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine” (Proverbs 23:15).
“. . . but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance,” like the prodigal son. Now, this right here probably tells you exactly what happened to the prodigal son. You want to cross reference that with Luke 15:13. That's probably the story of the prodigal son right there. It doesn't tell you about the harlots in Luke, but we see that word, “substance” there, and that is exactly what happened; he “wasted his substance.” You go back there and find out that's the word used in Luke 15.
“. . . but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.” In other words, you run around with the wrong people, you will wind up having the wrong things happen to you.
“A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.”
He is just setting you up. Flattery is just a setup. Flattery always has an evil purpose. The only kind of praise that is real and true is from a stranger: “Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips” (Proverbs 27:2). Somebody that doesn’t know you. Anything else, be careful of it. Somebody is after something.
Flattery is sweet. It strokes your pride and feeds your ego. But it closes your eyes to the character or intentions of the giver – you cannot see the trap being set. No matter how pleasant it is to hear flattery, look out and get away, for someone is manipulating you.
Flattery is also nice to give. It produces a positive and warm response from most hearers. But the false feelings you give others is sin in the sight of God and noble men. While commending and praising others is good, excessive praise or manipulation is wrong.
Flattery is false, insincere, or excessive praise used to gratify the vanity or self-esteem of a person. It is sucking up to them, exaggerating their good features, and ignoring their faults. Men flatter others to obtain undeserved favor or otherwise serve their own purposes. Self-esteem and pride, vulnerable traits of carnal Christians in these perilous times, are sinful symptoms of man’s depraved heart.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2020 7:39:49 GMT -6
“I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy” (Proverbs 30:3).
From verse 2, we see that Agur has a real humble attitude, “I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.” Back in Proverbs 9:10 it says that, “The knowledge of the holy is understanding.”
There are two definitions given in the Bible of what real wisdom is, and this is one of them. In 9:10, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,” so it's based on fearing God, and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. Understanding is really more important than, and above, wisdom. Men can have wisdom, James chapter 3, but no unsaved man has understanding. “Understanding is the knowledge of the holy.” Job 28:28 says that “to depart from evil is understanding.”
Now you see, earthly men and carnal men and unsaved man can know things. They can accumulate facts, which is what knowledge is. Knowledge is the accumulation of facts. Wisdom is how you use what you know to profit yourself or someone else. That's wisdom. Now, if you use it for yourself, that’s sensual wisdom. If you use it to profit someone else; that's divine wisdom. You'll find both wisdoms defined in James chapter 3:11-12 and 3:13:14. There's two different types of wisdom: earthly wisdom and sensual wisdom. There is a devilish wisdom which comes from below, and then there's the wisdom from above: “which is first pure then peaceable.”
How a man uses what he knows is wisdom; but spiritual Christianity goes one step beyond that. It teaches a person understanding; and that's more than just applying what you know for your benefit or somebody else's benefit. It is applying what you know in relation to a holy God and in fellowship of the holy God—to please a holy God. See, it's the fear of the Lord as the knowledge of the holy; and it is to depart from evil because you know what it does to God, and your relationship to Him.
So, understanding is what we need. He said, if you get anything, get understanding. You take the facts you know, you learn how to use them, and then thirdly, you begin to apply them to your walk with the Lord. That's real understanding. A lot of people have wisdom, and they make a living and get by; and they can be a blessing to other people but what are they doing in relation to the Holy? What's your knowledge about the Holy? and he said here in Proverbs 30:3; we have not learned that knowledge of the holy, that's something that's revealed to us in a supernatural revelation.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2020 8:16:52 GMT -6
“What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings” (Proverbs 31:2-3).
Some men live just for women. the Bible calls that kind of a man a whoremonger. Just always looking women up and down, always thinking bad things about women, and she said, “Don't get caught up in that kind of a sin.” Some people think, “Well, that's not too bad, you know, as long as you're not doing anything.” The Lord Jesus Christ said this about it: “But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart” (Matthew 5:28).
You don't have to perform the act to be guilty of adultery. If a man looks on a woman to lust after her, and wants that woman for himself, he has committed adultery. But ladies, it says “with her.” Did you see that? “With her.” If she has drawn the lust, if she has solicited the lust, either by the way she is dressed or the way she is acting; she is just as guilty as he is.
The Bible says that men look on the outward appearance, we don't see the wrong in it, but God looks at the heart. She said to her son, “Give not thy strength unto women.” It's good for a man to love his wife. It's good for a man to sacrifice for his wife. It is far better for a man to give his life for God, and have a good wife, and love his wife; but that man is not to use his whole life just for a woman.
“Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings,” there have been a lot of kings that have been destroyed with wicked living. Alexander the Great conquered all the world by the time he was 33 years old, and there were no more kingdoms to conquer, but he died of a venereal disease. Just wicked living. 33 years old in the prime of manhood, he conquered everything. The whole world lay at his feet. All the power and wealth of Asia and Europe was his to do whatever he wanted, and all he could do was just find time to drink, and sin, and sin, and sin. Sin killed him.
Lemuel’s mother said, “Don't fool with things that destroy kings.”
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2020 7:52:25 GMT -6
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction” (Proverbs 1:7 KJV).
There is a comparison . . . a contrast. A proverb sets something down alongside of something—to place side-by-side—that you might be discreet, that you might be discriminatory, you know, tell white from black, tell right from wrong, tell smart from stupid.
Two words that you want to notice quite a bit, and it’ll be like this all the way through Proverbs and also in the Bible, are the words “as” and “like.” When God wants to teach us a thing, He’ll say it is “as something,” or “like something.” When God wants to show you something you can’t understand or see from the physical senses—He will liken it to something in the physical realm.
He said about His word: “as the snow from heaven,” as the “rain from heaven,” “so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth” (Isa55:10, 11).
So, again, you want to watch for those two words, “as” and “like.”
Okay, briefly, the Book of Proverbs has a simple outline, it has five basic sections.
1. Chapters 1 through 9 you have wisdom and folly contrasted. 2. Chapters 10 to 24 you get into the real proverbs. A lot of the proverbs have a conjunction in the middle of it, again, for contrast and comparison.
It is strange how colors don’t look the same when they are put alongside other colors. It’s amazing how different colors of blue will wind up a little bit differently when you compare them with other colors. Some blues almost look like black, until you lay them alongside black. Some of those navy blues look so dark that under some light they will look black—and you’ll swear that they are black. You’ll put on a black suit and grab some socks that you think are black and later on you find out you have blue socks on.
3. Chapters 25 to 29 are more of Solomon’s proverbs, but they are collections made by Hezekiah’s men. 4. Chapter 30 contains the words of Agur. 5. Chapter 31 are the words of Lemuel.
Every young person ought to study Proverbs. It’s really just how to live, and how to avoid a lot of trouble. You want to learn the awfulness of sin? As mentioned, there are two ways. By experience, or by listening up. Most young people will not listen—do not listen. The majority of them are bound and determined to experience it all for themselves, and to see if they can’t beat the system. That’s what Proverbs teaches you, you cannot beat the system.
There are physical laws in the universe, and God has established those laws, and those laws cannot be broken ‘permanently,’ (they can be overcome ‘temporarily’), but not permanently. Eventually, everything that goes up will come down. There are only the ‘exceptions’ to the rule. And in spiritual matters, you “reap what you sow,” “be sure your sins will find you out.” Those are spiritual laws, and you cannot break them. You can temporarily overcome them, but eventually that law will catch up.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2020 7:38:27 GMT -6
“To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead” (Proverbs 2:16-18 KJV).
Not only will discretion and wisdom deliver you from the evil man, but they will also keep you from the strange woman. About 80-90% of all advertising uses women to sell their product. In most cases, they use the “strange woman,” obviously whorish and adulteress women, because they know that sex sales. “which flattereth with her words,” which is one way they get your attention, they flatter you, “You’re a nice-looking man. You deserve a vacation. You deserve the best liquor. You should be driving this fine car!”
“Which forsaketh the guide of her youth,” now, here again is one that has left the path of righteousness, a professor of but not a possessor of eternal life. “And forgetteth the covenant of her God,” of course, Israel forgets the covenant with her God in the Old Testament and forsook the guide of Israel’s youth. Not only that, but in this age, the church does the same thing. It can be applied not only to the individual, but to the nation, and to the church itself. “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God” (James 4:4 KJV). James says that there are apostate adulterers even in our church age.
“Which forsaketh the guide of her youth,” “Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?” (Jeremiah 3:4 KJV).
“For her house inclineth,” now notice that, in verse 2 it says, “so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom,” God will keep you from the evil ones. But if we fool around with the wrong people, and the wrong source of material, and the wrong source of wisdom, then you incline her way, “for her house inclineth unto death.” “The wages of sin is death.” But the problem is that that house inclines so slightly, that you can’t see it until it is too late. That is the way that sin is.
All people initially see is the excitement, the fancy glitter and the glamour, but they don’t see what is behind of it. You take somebody 30-40 years down the road after they have been fooling with all that and see what you have. They fooled around with drugs, they fooled around with liquor, they fooled around with sex, and they are in all kind of troubles today. Financial trouble, social trouble, emotional trouble, physical health-related trouble, psychological trouble—I tell you what— “her house inclineth unto death.” Believe me, they don’t see the glitter and the glamour any more. They wish they could have it to do all over again, with a little more wisdom. It warped their personality and it warped their character.
“. . . and her paths unto the dead,” Spiritually, “who were dead in trespasses and sins” (Ephesians 2:1), physically, “And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works” (Revelation 20:12 KJV). “. . . and her paths unto the dead,” dead physically, ending at the great white throne.
Lost people in this life are dead spiritually, and they are still dead when they have died and gone to hell. When God brings them up, they are still classified as the dead. There is a resurrection of the dead.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2020 8:07:41 GMT -6
“Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine” (Proverbs 3:9-10 KJV).
There is material wealth. You have physical health in verse 8 and material wealth in verse 10.
“Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all” (Isaiah 65:8 KJV).
When somebody runs around in the press with their bare feet, mashing out grapes, what comes out? New wine. “thy presses shall burst out with new wine,” that’s the Bible definition for grape juice. The Bible definition for grape juice is “new wine.” What is liquor then? That is old wine. “Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright” (Proverbs 23:31 KJV). That is fermented juice. It’s distilled. That’s when you want to leave it alone. That is not new wine, that is old wine.
So, we have a promise of material wealth. You might ask, as a New Testament believer, “Can I honor the Lord with my substance and with the firstfruits of my increase, and will God fill my barns?” He might. Paul wrote, “But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver” (II Corinthians 9:6-7 KJV). God won’t go broke if you don’t give, but you might. He is mostly interested in the attitude behind giving, more than the amount. Jesus was much more impressed with the widow’s mite than He was with the big offerings of the Pharisees.
But verse 8 goes on to say, “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.” Are there any limits that we can do with “all grace?” Paul was happy for God’s promise, “My grace is sufficient for thee.” I can’t say much about full barns on earth, but I believe I’ll enjoy my full barns in heaven much more. Grace is the undeserved power of God to do anything that God wants you to do, that you couldn’t do otherwise, and you wouldn’t even deserve to have a part in it.
The Jewish believer may have gotten his barns filled on earth, but the New Testament saint will have his treasure stored in heaven. You take that rich farmer in Luke 12; he had his barns full—but his soul was empty. What he had he left all behind, but we are going to take ours with us!
Now, there are promises of physical blessing for the Christian: “And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing” (I Thessalonians 4:11-12 KJV). It’s a general truth. You work hard, do your own business, and you’ll have what you need.
That Old Testament Jew tithed three different times: (1) Numbers 18:21, He tithed to the Levites; (2) In Deuteronomy 4, he tithed to the feasts (even though he partook of the feast, he still had to bring it and dedicate it to God—that’s another 10%); (3) In Deuteronomy 14:28, he brought an additional tithe for both the Levites and the poor. That is 30%. God forced that Jew to walk by faith, but if he did that, his barns were full. On top of that, every seventh year he had to leave that land alone and grow nothing at all. In fact, the Jews went into 70-years captivity because that is how many years that they failed to honor the sabbatical rest of the land. God took it back. That shows that if we ignore God, somewhere down the line He’ll catch up to us.
We Christians give our 10% tithes and think we are so much better than the Jew, but the Jew is so far beyond us that is isn’t even funny. But I’ve never known a Christian yet gave more God to God than He gave to them. You can’t outgive God. Also, God will often give a lot more through you than He’ll ever give to you.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2020 8:02:16 GMT -6
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many” (Proverbs 4:7, 10 KJV).
“Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness,” and he said, “and with all thy getting get understanding.”
Now, that was a man that knew what he was talking about. He wasn’t some foolish professor sitting in a chair in some school earning thousands of bucks every year who never worked a day of his life in the business field or some job in the real world, all he knows is the books that he learned out of. Some people go off to Bible college and are taught how to win souls by a professor that probably never even led one soul to Christ all his life. What are you going to learn from a guy like that? The best way to learn soul winning is to go with a guy that wins souls. The best way to learn the business field is to be around somebody that participates in it. The best way to learn the medical profession is to be taught and be trained in it by people that are in the profession day in and day out.
“Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings,” some people hear you, even smile at you—it gets to one ear and maybe, just maybe gets over to the other ear, but you can tell they are not receiving it. They hear sound, some noise, but they really aren’t listening. A lot of that happens in church. Nice sermon, preacher. Oh yeah, what did I preach about. “Oh, I don’t remember, but it was sure good!”
“Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves” (James 1:21-22 KJV).
“That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe” (I Thessalonians 2:12-13 KJV).
It is one thing to come and hear something, and an entirely different thing to receive it. It is something else to take it in and to apply it to your life, and to learn from it, and to live with it.
“Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many,” another good Old Testament promise that is also good for a Christian. You live the way that God wants you to live, and you’ll live as long as God wants you to live.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2020 7:19:51 GMT -6
“For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil” (Proverbs 5:3 KJV). In the honeycomb there is sweetness—that is sin. That’s why they have those attractive, tall, lanky women on television, and all those ads, and billboards. You look at liquor ads, you talk about a strange woman as smooth as oil, that’s it. Why, she’ll talk you out of your gold teeth, if you let her. For the lips of a strange woman is a picture of sin, drops as a honeycomb—it sounds good, sounds tasty, just wonderful. Her mouth is smooth as oil, “but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell” (vs. 4-5). You see the difference between sin and wisdom? Wisdom starts out bitter but turns out sweet. Sin starts out sweet but ends up bitter. That’s just the way it is, there is pleasure in sin for a season (Hebrews 11:25), but it’ll end up bitter. Sin starts out sweet, but it ends up bitter. That’s the way the gospel is. You don’t get saved until after you repent. It starts out bitter. Conviction, crying, sorrow, sadness, humility, admitting you’re a sinner, admitting that you can’t save yourself, getting saved, bowing your knee to Jesus Christ—but afterwards—sweet! Sin is just the opposite. “Her end is bitter as wormwood,” one of these days that “wormwood” business is going to be literal—during the seven trumpets of the Revelation, “And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter” (Revelation 8:10-11 KJV). Wormwood is a poison, and we are told that her lips are like a honeycomb, but her end is bitter as wormwood—it’ll kill you. It is the ‘sting of death’ (1Co 15), sharp as a two-edged sword. She’ll led you in the paths of wickedness, and one of these days the grim reaper will come and collect. That is the end of sin—death. “Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell,” that’s where hell is, down under our feet. How would we prove that hell is in the center of the earth? By the words of Jesus Christ: “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth” (Matthew 12:40 KJV). And when Jonah went down, he went to hell according to the words of Jonah 2, “out of the belly of hell cried I.” And when we go to Acts 2, His soul wasn’t left in hell (vs. 27). Amos says there is a hell and a heaven: “Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down” (Amos 9:2 KJV). Don’t you just get sick of those people that claim that hell is simply the grave? Then what is heaven? Anyway, hell is under our feet.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2020 8:38:13 GMT -6
“Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy” (Proverbs 6:15).
His end comes suddenly. My thought is that is happens here: “And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming” (II Thessalonians 2:8 KJV).
Hitler’s end didn’t come suddenly. The downfall of Hitler really began in 1943-1944. It took about a year to a year-and-a-half for it to culminate. He knew it was coming. He knew that he had finally bitten off more than he could chew, and when the end came, he was ready. He had the cyanide capsule and the pistol. But this evil man in Proverbs 6 will come suddenly. Every reference we have on the Antichrist shows that his end is sudden—in a flash.
No matter how powerful Satan is, no matter how organized he gets, no matter how many people he fools, when God finally determines to defeat him, in a snap of the finger he is over with. It’s no big deal. It’s good to be on God’s side—no sense being anywhere else.
“And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him” (Daniel 11:45 KJV).
The Book of Daniel is just one thing after another about the Antichrist. About the he-goat, and the fourth beast, and all those things that just continue to build, the Antichrist’s kingdom and suddenly it is over with. All through Revelation 5-10 it just builds and builds and then in chapter 19 when Jesus Christ comes back:
“And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken” (Revelation 19:19-20 KJV).
It simply says, “And the beast was taken,” just like that he was taken. It didn’t take any time at all. God doesn’t have any amount of trouble at all. There is really no battle. When it comes to God and the Devil—just pick God.
“And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them” (Revelation 20:9 KJV).
Satan gets loosed from the pit in verse 7, goes out and builds up the nations to go against God in verse 8, he’s loose and he has another chance. Was it a long drawn out affair, a protracted warfare? Nope, “fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them,” suddenly!
Six thousand years of Satan’s devices are going to end just like that! All of Satan’s plans at Babel, and all the mystery religions, and all the gathering together of countries into the godless United Nations and the ecumenical movement, and it will all be over just like that! I like that! It is good to be on the Lord’s side. “Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy”
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2020 8:02:57 GMT -6
“With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life" (Proverbs 7:21-23).
“With her much fair speech she caused him to yield,” notice that sequence of words, “with her much fair speech,” and fair speech is what will do it, right? “Much fair speech.” We talk about fair speech a lot. Paul had this to say about it: “by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple” (Romans 16:18).
“He that hateth dissembleth [“dissemble” means he lies. He pretends] with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him" (Proverbs 26:24).
We've come to a day now where if a guy speaks fair enough, we're automatically supposed to believe him. Would good old Barack mislead us? I mean, really” Would a sweet old grandmotherly person like Hillary ever mislead us? Or her kind and gentle husband, Bill? I mean, if they speak fairly enough, we're just supposed to believe them. Unless he is a Republican, of course.
The Bible says when they speak fair like that, don't believe them. In the end, you’ll know them by their fruits, but just because somebody learns to talk that doesn't mean that they are sincere. How many used car salesmen do you know that are nominated for businessman of the year?
Verse 25 of Proverbs 26, “When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.” You say, “That’s harsh! That's critical!” “Yes, it is. Absolutely.” Just like you're supposed to be.
“With her much fair speech she caused him to yield,” so, whose fault is it? She caused him to yield. “It’s her fault, he couldn't help it!” No, she caused him to “yield.” That's the issue with sin. The issue with sin is “yielding,” Okay? “She caused him to yield.” Yeah? You know, it's a two-way street; but as soon as you try to blame the one completely, the other one is still involved by that verbiage.
“She caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.” That “force” there is the same word used in the Bible for rape. So, next time somebody is busy flattering and sweet talking you, you had better be careful. Understand that I'm not talking necessarily physically. We are in an election year.
Verse 22, “He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter.” if you're not a farm boy or a farm girl you probably don't have an appreciation for that very much but anyone that grew up on a farm have led a steer or an ox or a pig or something to slaughter somewhere along the way. You led them someplace for somebody to shoot him in the head or knock them in the head and it’s kind of a sad thing. You don't want to be on the other end of that halter, okay? This gal right here will lead you there.
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