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PROFITING FROM PROVERBS – 1/13/2022
King James Bible | 1/13/2022 | pilgrimsprogress

Posted on 01/12/2022 10:28:25 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress

“A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke” (Proverbs 13:1 KJV).


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“A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke” (Proverbs 13:1 KJV).

In Chapter 13, the contrast between righteousness and wickedness continues. Again, Proverbs is highly repetitive—people get worn out with it—but it is necessary. When is the refrain going to change? When we do!

Now, a scorner hears rebuke, but he doesn’t hear it. The example of this in the nation of Israel, as we see in the book of Acts, where God starts out offering them the Kingdom—but they reject it. All throughout the book of Acts they are offered salvation. Some receive it, most reject it. And over and over again, they hear—but they don’t hear. So, when Solomon says a wise son heareth . . . they all hear . . . but the wise son does something with what they hear—and a scorner doesn’t. A scorner ridicules it. To scorn is to look down the nose at something. Some people just think they have it all figured out and they don’t need any more help.

Teenagers are often notorious for this. They come to an age where they just think they have new light that mom and dad never received and come to start thinking they are smarter than their parents (until they grow up and find they have kids of their own).

The problem is really the heart, not the ear. Your mouth is affected by your heart, your eyes are affected by your heart. “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him” (Joh 3:36 KJV). People can “see” a church, they “see” Christians, they “see” a Bible—but they never see “life.” “Except a man be born again, he shall not “see” the kingdom of God.” They never “see” it with understanding. The same with ears. They “hear” words, they “hear” but a scorner will not yield to it, or accept it.

“And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them” (Act 28:25-27 KJV).

They hear but they don’t understand. So, when he says “A wise son heareth his father's instruction,” he not only hears it, but he understands it, and he tries to do the best he can to apply it to his life. This is a wise son. If you want to know if you have a wise son, or not, how much attention to they pay to you and to Bible instruction. I realize they aren’t going to listen to you every minute, on every issue—but I guarantee you—if they have some wisdom, and you have dealt with them honestly and openly, they’ll listen. “but a scorner heareth not rebuke.”

Abel listened. He listened to his dad. He went and got a lamb to offer before God. Cain was a scorner. “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes.” You know, if a man won’t listen to his parents, he won’t listen to God either.

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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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