Posted by Jeff Short on February 17, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
– Proverbs 10:30
Despite momentary circumstances throughout life, the righteous will not fall or be cast off. Likewise, the wicked will never be established (Proverbs 12:3). Scripture consistently warns that wickedness will not lead to peace and prosperity (Psalm 37:9-11).
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Posted by Jeff Short on February 15, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
– Proverbs 10:28
This proverb takes the long view of wisdom. It is not so much concerned with near-future earthly life as it is with after life. Many look at the Proverbs as a collection of home-spun wisdom sayings that help you get on in life. If you pay attention, along the way Solomon drops wisdom that lets you know much more is at stake. This is one of those proverbs and there are others (Proverbs 11:7; 14:32). Righteousness shall ultimately be rewarded with eternal joy (Psalm 16:9-11). Wickedness will also be rewarded by eternal punishment (Psalm 112:10; Revelation 21:8).
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Posted by Jeff Short on February 12, 2017 · Leave a Comment
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
– Proverbs 10:25
The wicked are compared to a whirlwind, which is a terrible storm but soon passes. The point is that the gains of the wicked are all temporal and their life is built upon shifting sand (Matthew 7:24-27). The righteous, by contrast, build upon sure foundations and enduring wisdom. They are well grounded and able to weather the storms of life.
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Posted by Jeff Short on February 11, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
– Proverbs 10:24
Wisdom takes a long view and considers the end of a thing. The
wicked are in one way and the
righteous in another. They both shall come out somewhere—the righteous to everlasting life and the wicked to everlasting condemnation (Daniel 12:2). It is a terror to the wicked to stand before God (Psalm 14:1), but that is where they shall come at last. The righteous delight in God and his ways and long to be in his presence, which they shall also come to at last (Psalm 16:11).
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Posted by Jeff Short on February 8, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
– Proverbs 10:21
The
righteous receive instruction and grow in wisdom. Because they have a store of wisdom, they also speak and give out wisdom (Proverbs 12:18; 15:4). The emphasis is usually placed on the life-giving nature of their instruction. Here it speaks of the abundance they have to give to others. The word for
feed indicates to tend a flock or put them to pasture. The word used for
fool here speaks of one who despises wisdom, mocks, and is quarrelsome. He stubbornly refuses wise instruction (Proverbs 1:7; 12:15). Because they have no store of wisdom, they cannot feed others as the righteous do and they starve themselves.
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Posted by Jeff Short on February 3, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
– Proverbs 10:16
Following verse 15 is a wise saying proving wealth and poverty are not the greatest factors and that life is more than physical. The wisdom worldview here is considering outcomes, or results. Regardless of what a person possesses and whether that would class him as poor or rich, he will use what he does have according to the character he also has.
Labor takes in both the work and the wage.
Fruit is the product or gain received. The
righteous and the
wicked both have gains in this proverb. The spiritual dynamic is contrasted by those gains being either to
life or
sin. Whatever profit the wicked receives becomes unprofitable because they only use it to fuel ongoing offense, as the word indicates.
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Posted by Jeff Short on January 29, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
– Proverbs 10:11
The
mouth is here put for speech, the things we say. Solomon contrasts the speech of the
righteous with the speech of the
wicked. The word for
well means a spring or fountain, and therefore, a source. Wisdom teaches the mouth of the righteous to be life giving (Psalm 37:30; Proverbs 10:21; 16:23). To
cover is to conceal and
violence points to malice. The mouth of the wicked cannot utter wisdom because it is covered by wrong and everything proceeding from it is tainted.
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Posted by Jeff Short on January 21, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
– Proverbs 10:3
Proverbs are pithy and not lengthy explanations. Nuances and qualifications are limited in the form. The general trend of this proverb contrasts the righteous and the wicked in their life provisions. The wise live justly and refuse gains by wickedness. This seems to put them at disadvantage, but Yahweh is merciful to them that they do not starve. The wicked use all means to secure wealth, but it’s often short lived. The point of the proverb is that there is higher justice than the court of men and he sorts the good from the bad (Psalms 27:16-20, 25-26).
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Proverbs 10:30
Posted by Jeff Short on February 17, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
– Proverbs 10:30
Despite momentary circumstances throughout life, the righteous will not fall or be cast off. Likewise, the wicked will never be established (Proverbs 12:3). Scripture consistently warns that wickedness will not lead to peace and prosperity (Psalm 37:9-11).
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