PROFITING FROM PROVERBS

“The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul” (Proverbs 29:10).

“The bloodthirsty,” this is people that are hunting for blood, like we had back in chapter one:

“If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil” (Proverbs 1:11-13).

That's just people trying to steal men's livelihood. We say that the life of the flash is in the blood, but if you can’t feed the flesh food, you will destroy the flash. And you can destroy a man by taking his livelihood away from him. Stealing his money, or taking away his money, ripping him off. There is more than one way to be classified as bloodthirsty. the bloodthirsty hate the upright like they did Noah (Hebrews 11:7), because he built the boat and he did right. He condemned the world.

If there are bad people around, and you live right, the bad people are going to hate you. Jesus Christ said in John chapter 15:18, “If the world hate you, ye know that hated me before it hated you,” that that's just the facts of life.

You are in a war. Which side are you on? You are in a war. Are you prepared for battle? It is here; it will get worse. The wicked of this world hate the righteous and want to get rid of them, but good men love the righteous and pursue their prosperity and friendship.

From the beginning, in the first family on earth, this violent conflict was quickly visible, for Cain murdered his younger brother Abel. Why did Cain do such an evil and terrible thing? Because he loved sin, and he hated Abel for being better than him.

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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