I want to begin by saying Happy Mothers Day to each and every Freeper Mom at FreeRepublic.
Posted on 05/14/2017 7:51:53 AM PDT by OneVike
I want to begin by saying Happy Mothers Day to each and every Freeper Mom at FreeRepublic.
The Ways of Life and Death
01 The wise woman builds her house,
00 But the foolish pulls it down with her hands.
02 He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD,
00 But he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.
03 In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride,
00 But the lips of the wise will preserve them.
04 Where no oxen are, the trough is clean;
00 But much increase comes by the strength of an ox.
05 A faithful witness does not lie,
00 But a false witness will utter lies.
06 A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it,
00 But knowledge is easy to him who understands.
07 Go from the presence of a foolish man,
00 When you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
00 A young man devoid of understanding,
08 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way,
00 But the folly of fools is deceit.
09 Fools mock at sin,
00 But among the upright there is favor.
10 The heart knows its own bitterness,
00 And a stranger does not share its joy.
11 The house of the wicked will be overthrown,
00 But the tent of the upright will flourish.
12 There is a way that seems right to a man,
00 But its end is the way of death.
13 Even in laughter the heart may sorrow,
00 And the end of mirth may be grief.
14 The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways,
00 But a good man will be satisfied from above.[1]
15 The simple believes every word,
00But the prudent considers well his steps.
16 A wise man fears and departs from evil,
00 But a fool rages and is self-confident.
17 A quick-tempered man acts foolishly,
00 And a man of wicked intentions is hated.
18The simple inherit folly,
00 But the prudent are crowned with knowledge
19 The evil will bow before the good,
00 And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20 The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor,
00 But the rich has many friends.
21 He who despises his neighbor sins;
00 But he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.
22 Do they not go astray who devise evil?
00 But mercy and truth belong to those who devise good.
23 In all labor there is profit,
00 But idle chatter[2] leads only to poverty.
24 The crown of the wise is their riches,
00 But the foolishness of fools is folly.
25 A true witness delivers souls,
00 But a deceitful witness speaks lies.
26 In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence,
00 And His children will have a place of refuge.
27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,
00 To turn one away from the snares of death.
28 In a multitude of people is a king's honor,
00 But in the lack of people is the downfall of a prince.
29 He who is slow to wrath has great understanding,
00 But he who is impulsive[3] exalts folly.
30 A sound heart is life to the body,
00 But envy is rottenness to the bones.
31 He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker,
00 But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy.
32 The wicked is banished in his wickedness,
00 But the righteous has a refuge in his death.
33 Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding,
00 But what is in the heart of fools is made known.
34 Righteousness exalts a nation,
00 But sin is a reproach to any people.
35 The king's favor is toward a wise servant,
00 But his wrath is against him who causes shame.
The purpose of Writing the book of Proverbs was to reveal the mind of God in matters high and lofty and in common, ordinary, everyday situations. It appears that no topic escaped King Solomon's attention. Matters pertaining to personal conduct, sexual relations, business, wealth, charity, ambition, discipline, debt, child-rearing, character, alcohol, politics, revenge, and Godliness are among the many topics covered in this rich collection of wise sayings.
Without wisdom, knowledge is nothing more than an accumulation of raw facts, influenced by emotional feelings. Many highly educated people are in positions of power in the United States, but very few of those educated leaders have the wisdom needed to rule properly.
One can say that they have been educated well beyond their intelligence. A cursory look at the court system will prove my point that knowledge without wisdom will only lead to an immoral society that eventually crumbles from within. Judges are supposed to be above the fray, and immovable to emotions. Instead, the vast majority of judges today are Godless individuals who are vacant of wisdom. So their rulings are totally based upon emotional feelings.
We the people are to blame, because we ignored God's guidance in appointing our leaders. Instead of putting leaders full wisdom in power, we instead chose those who would scratch our itchy ears to lead us.
Of the 31 Proverbs, only the first 24 were written by Solomon. King Hezekiah wrote 5, Proverbs 25 to 29, Agur wrote Proverb 30, and Lemuel wrote Proverb 31. Now many believe Lemuel was in fact King Solomon and Lemuel was just a nick name his Mother, Bathsheba gave him. We are told that Solomon write over 3000 Proverbs and composed 1000 songs, but the only Proverbs God decided to preserve for us are Proverbs 1-24. Like the New Testament epistle by James, it is impossible to get a chronological outline for a study since they all bounce from subject to subject.
Along with my daily routine of reading the Bible, I try to read through the book of Proverbs once a Month. It's an easy task when you consider there are 31 Proverbs. So all you need to know is what day of the Month it is. In the Months that have 30 days, or in the case of February, I just double up by reading more than one two proverb so I can begin the next month with Proverb 1 on the first again.
It's only fitting that the first words of Proverb 14 are,
The wise woman builds her house,Only a wise woman can be a truly successful Mother. Only a Mother who truly loves her children and looks out for the best of them will be thought of each and every day by her children. Only a Mother who cares for her children, even when she is having the worst day of her life, can truly be a great Mother for her children. Only a wise mother will consider the arrows of her children's quiver while teaching them about the lessons of life. A wise Mother is not only a blessing to her own children, but also blessing to her children's friends. A wise Mother considers many things when it comes to the way she carries herself at home and in public. She knows that the reputation of her whole household can change with even the slightest misstep she makes in public. A wise Mother knows that God is watching her, and she considers Him in all the things she does for her family. The most important thing a wise Mother does, is that she raise her children to know God, and that they will worship Christ Jesus as their Lord and savior.
I was the youngest of eights children in a very poor home. (I am in my Moms Lap at 1 1/2 i the pic) Our poverty was such that I was almost 7 years old before I knew eggs came in a shell from chickens. I thought it was something that was powdered and came in a can like the milk witch we mixed with water. My Mom was good at not only making what little we had go a long ways, but she was very adept at making crap we could afford taste like a kings meal. She worked hard all day and when she came home she worked some more. From morning to late night she made sure we had what we needed, while making the cloths we wore last till there was nothing left to keep together.
When I was seven, my father went to prison, and the woman who already worked hard, just worked a little harder to make our lives as normal as my friends lives were. I cannot remember a day as a child that I thought we were poor. It was not something my Mother would allow us to consider. Life was life, and we all learned from her that you do what you must to get through the day. In an era when Mothers were stay-at-home-Moms, mine worked hard while still letting us know that we were blessed and loved. Regardless of how things went, good or bad, my Mom was always considering the lives of her eight children first.
To this day I carry the lessons I learned from her in my heart. My Mom has since passed away, and while I cannot say Happy Mothers day to her personally, I know that the Good Lord is treating her and all saved Mothers extra special, because all days are Mothers Day in Heaven. I used to hate it when she always refereed to me as her baby. Now that I am sixty years old, I miss hearing her call me her baby boy.
Happy Mothers Day Mom.
The NKJV, a KJV so substantially changed that it could be copyrighted for profit.
Ill stick with the KJV.
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In Exodus 20:13 and Deuteronomy 5:17 the Ten Commandments in the Old KJV says killing is a sin.
The Old KJV is wrong on the commandment.
This and other errors were corrected in the NKJV to say Murder as the original Hebrew texts and all Greek texts say.
God never called killing people murder, otherwise He would not the tell them go murder people of Canaan in battle after telling them it is a sin. God will never tells us to break a commandment He told us was sin. Sadly the Old King James Version is responsible for many misguided Christians on that commandment.
To me that is a very glaring error that led many Christians down a false path of arguing against the justified death penalties and justified wars.
That and other reasons are why I use either the NASB, or the NKJV
This is my stance on it, and I will not get into a long drawn out discussion on this thread about it, but now you know why I use the NKJV.
God bless and have a great day.
Thank You for today’s proverbs and wonderful story.
Chuck, thanks for the heartwarming story, precious pics ands graphics and the even gracious answer to one not frequenting Proverbs.
God thank you for our moms who sacrificed and loved us unconditionally, providing a perfect example of Yur Love!
Amen Kart
1 The wise woman builds her house,
00 But the foolish pulls it down with her hands.
May all women be wise women!
Blessings to mothers this day.
My Mother died a long time ago, of cancer, at Kaiser Hospital in California.
I was never a mother, nor will I ever be, as I don’t have a uterus and my
ovaries are post-menopausal, and they pump out testosterone at about 90 MPH.
God Bless Mothers who love and boost their children to be good people all
their lives.
God Bless you, my dear friend, and thank you for Proverb 14. I’m in need of
some quiet meditation.
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