Monday, April 6, 2020

* The Proverbs of Solomon: Excerpts from Chapters 11-21


Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

Proverbs 11: 

11/1-3   A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is HIS delight.  When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.  The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

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11/9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

hypocrite:  one who play acts, not really believing that which he says.  ("How pretty you look," when he doesn't believe that.)

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11/18-19   The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.  As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

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11/24-25    There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

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11/27   He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

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Proverbs 12:

12/1   Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

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12/4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

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12/10-11   A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

vain:  producing no results; useless; having no real value

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12/12   the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

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12/22   Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are HIS delight.

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12/24   The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

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12/28   In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

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Proverbs 13:

13/3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

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13/9-10   The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

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13/13-14  Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

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13/18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

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13/20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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13/24   He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

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Proverbs 14:

14/2 He that walketh in HIS uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth HIM.

perverse: a deliberate and obstinate behavior that is unreasonable and unacceptable by Bible standards; that which is turned away from right and good; willing determined in spite of the evidence, in our case, evidence of the scriptures; acting in a deivant way even knowing your actions will likely have bad consequences for you.

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14/7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

There are people who do not have a love of the truth in either secular or spiritual matters.  A woman showed this to me when she just made up ideas about a secular subject without checking facts.  It is  so easy to see facts today by going to internet.  But this woman just imagines what she thinks to be right without checking.  I decided to turn from her the last time I saw this.  I just walked away from her and stopped sharing either secular or spiritual things.

II Thessalonians 2:10-12   And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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14/12   There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

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14/16   A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

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14/25    A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

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14/27   The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

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Proverbs 15: 

15/1  A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

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15/27   He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

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Proverbs 16:

16/2-3    All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

Psalm 51:10   Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

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16/18   Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

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16/20   He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.


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16/27   An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

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Proverbs 17:

17/15   He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

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Proverbs 18:

18/8   The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.


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18/10  The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

the name of the Lord:  The Word


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18/16   A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.


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18/21   Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.


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18/22    Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.


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Proverbs 19:

19/5   A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

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19/17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will HE pay him again.

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19/21   There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

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19/27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

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Proverbs 20:

20/1   Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

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20/4   The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Jonah 2:8   They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

II Corinthians 10:3-5   For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

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20/19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

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20/22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.

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Proverbs 21:

21/1    The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: HE turneth it whithersoever he will. 

God is able to change our heart and their heart, as HE desires to do so.

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21/2    Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.


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21/5   The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

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21/9   It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

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21/15   It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.


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21/30   There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.



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21/31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord.


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