PROFITING FROM PROVERBS

“Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house” (Proverbs 17:13).

“Whoso rewardeth evil for good,” you do somebody good, and they turn around and stab you in the back. A good example is Saul and David. David did good, and delivered the armies of Saul by slaying Goliath—he did it for the Lord, he did it for the king, and he did it for the nation—but how did Saul respond? He because zealous of David’s instant popularity. David was subservient to Saul, and what did the king do, he rewarded him with evil. “And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands . . . And Saul eyed David from that day and forward” (1 Samuel 18:7, 9).

Evil did not depart from Saul’s house until the day of his and Jonathan’s death.

There are two lessons here. First, you should soberly consider all those that have treated you well in your life. Have you honored them? Have you kindly rewarded their goodness? Second, you should consider those that have despised your goodness. Do not contemplate personal vengeance. God will grind them for you, and the Lord grinds best.

If a man allows sin to pull him in and drag him down, he’ll get to the point where he can’t enjoy right things. The only thing that he will enjoy in this life is misery. He’ll enjoy misery and he’ll enjoy making other people miserable. “Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them” (Romans 1:32 KJV).

That is the end of a person, when they just allow themselves to indulge in the path of the wicked and the way of sin—they get to the point where they just can’t live without it. They are so tainted, and so wicked, that they can’t sleep, except they are doing mischief.

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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