Posted on 11/17/2020 7:45:23 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue . . . Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers” (Proverbs 17:4).
“A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue . . . Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers” (Proverbs 17:4).
“A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips,” a wicked doer is a man that is wrong in his heart, always looking for shortcuts, and always looking for a fast buck. A fellow once said, “The only people you can con in life are crooked people.” We constantly get mail telling us how we won a trip to such-and-such place where our beautiful new home is awaiting us, all we need to do is send this much money. And then there are the emails from some guy in Nigeria that wants us to help him get 10 million dollars out of the his country which he will share with us, but we need to send Him so much money to show that we are sincere. Well, if we get taken, we were willing to defraud his country. They would not send those things out there if there were not a few suckers that will fall for their scam.
“A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips,” people that gamble, they listen to the lies of the signs. Win $1,000,000, all you have to do is spend $20 for this scratch off ticket and you’ll be lucky beyond your wildest dreams! The most anybody ever “wins” from those things is the price they paid for the ticket and they usually have to buy ten tickets before they get that much. Gambling does not profit; it is just another tax to the state that people are gladly paying for nothing.
“. . . and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue,” the problem is that it takes one to know one, and if you run around with them you will give ear to them, and you’ll be one of them.
“Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.”
“Children's children are the crown of old men,” these are grandchildren and there is more in this passage then we could ever cover. Suffice it to say that if you really want to know how successful you were as a parent, wait until your children have children. Usually, we are able to bend that twig of a young life after our own desires, but if there is no real sound and solid character there, it will show up in the next generation. Having children is so much more than having someone that you can command to go get you a beer out of the refrigerator.
“Children's children are the crown of old men,” if the old men have done it right, done it God’s way, not only will his kids come out all right, but his grandchildren will come out all right. “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6).
“. . . and the glory of children are their fathers,” a father truly glories when his children are doing well. It is only natural that a son would want to follow in the path of their father, if the father is worth following. When they are, the son does. When they are not, the child does not . . . it is that simple. This doesn’t guarantee that there won’t be a bad egg when a child is a young fool and allows himself to be influenced by the crowd—but generally when the father is fair and loving, the child gravitates toward him. That is just one of the rewards of speech.
Daily Bible study is necessary if we are going to begin our day with the right attitude and the right spiritual diet. Proverbs has 31 chapters, and most months have 31 days, so let's read a chapter of Proverbs a day and see what God might have for us. As the Lord leads, share with us what God has shown you in a special way and by His grace let us build up a devotional repository. Let's keep our knives and forks handy for some daily bread! Ideally, a chapter or two of Proverbs will fit in nicely with a good plan of reading our Bibles through each year.
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