December 19, 2021
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Reading along with us in some selections in Psalms and Proverbs? Here’s today’s reading:
Proverbs 22 (NIV)
1 A good name is more desirable than great riches;
to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
2 Rich and poor have this in common:
The Lord is the Maker of them all.
3 The prudent see danger and take refuge,
but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
4 Humility is the fear of the Lord;
Proverbs 22
Proverbs 22
I love the simple wisdom of Proverbs and the way it is written. The two that stood out most for me in this chapter are..
1A good name is more desirable than great riches;
to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
and
4Humility is the fear of the Lord;
its wages are riches and honor and life.
Both are so backward to the way the world thinks where pride and “Stuff” rule as most desired but God wants a humble heart that cares for others over self and desires a relationship with Him.
There are several proverbs here that mention the soul. I have been thinking a lot about the soul lately and that it is eternal. Our soul will spend eternity in heaven or in hell.
Soul: from the dictionary “A part of humans regarded as immaterial, immortal, separable from the body at death, capable of moral judgment, and susceptible to happiness or misery in a future state.”
From Blue Letter Bible: “soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion ; the man himself, self, person or individual”
From Proverbs 22:
5 – “Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards his soul will be far from them.”
22-23 -“Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
23 For the Lord will plead their cause,
And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.”
24-25 – “Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a furious man do not go,
25 Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.”
Rich and poor (and everyone else) has this in common, the Lord is the maker of them all.
Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
He who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious will have the king for a friend.