How wonderful the Proverbs are for us today. Here Solomon tells us more than once not to act or react out of anger. Our focus is in the wrong place and is
very damaging to ourselves and others. We are told we have great understanding when we refrain from acting out of anger. Help the poor, bless those who are less fortunate than ourselves. The
Bible always teaches us through Proverbs, parables, and promises the two basic commandments:
Love God with all our heart, all our soul and all
our mind and all our strength and to love others as we love ourselves. If we could just keep these 2 things in perspective what a wonderful relationship we would have with our Father in heaven and our brothers and sisters here on earth.
When Jesus was here on earth he demonstrated this
very thing and the Bible tells us He grew in favor
with both God and man.
vs 4; if we desire increase in our life, we can't isolate ourselves from others who seem to make such a mess, it is a neater, cleaner life, without the mess but much increase is by the strength of the ox. which dovetails in vs.12; many have gone the way of isolationism, it seems so right to be a monk, but there is no increase there the end is death and loneliness.Jesus calls us to be in the messy world just not of it.
PROVERBS CHAPTER 14: KNOWLEDGE IS EASY IF YOU UNDERSTAND IT, FEAR (RESPECT) OF THE LORD YOU WILL HAVE STRONG CONFIDENCE AND FOUNTAIN OF LIFE, THE EVIL WILL SERVE THE GOOD AND THE WICKED WILL BE AT THE GATE OF THE RIGHTEOUS.
very damaging to ourselves and others. We are told we have great understanding when we refrain from acting out of anger. Help the poor, bless those who are less fortunate than ourselves. The
Bible always teaches us through Proverbs, parables, and promises the two basic commandments:
Love God with all our heart, all our soul and all
our mind and all our strength and to love others as we love ourselves. If we could just keep these 2 things in perspective what a wonderful relationship we would have with our Father in heaven and our brothers and sisters here on earth.
When Jesus was here on earth he demonstrated this
very thing and the Bible tells us He grew in favor
with both God and man.