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 14, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
– Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the Lord is where we begin in divine wisdom (Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 1:7). Continuing in fear means continuing in wisdom and departing from sin (Proverbs 16:6) and coming into God’s goodness (Psalm 31:19). In general, walking in fear and wisdom tends to long life whereas continuing in wickedness tends to being cut off (Psalm 55:23). Whatever prospering the wicked enjoy, it is short lived (Job 12:6; Psalm 73:12; 17:13-14).
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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 7, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
– Proverbs 10:20
Solomon contrasts the
tongue of the just with the
heart of the wicked—righteous speech with the mind of the ungodly. A man’s speech is produced from the heart as if the heart were a treasure trove (Luke 6:45). Good treasure means good words and evil treasure means evil words.
Little worth indicates smallness. It is scarcity in the bad sense because the fool produces a multitude of words but scarcely any are good (Proverbs 15:28).
Choice silver is scarce in the good sense that makes it rare, valuable, and precious. It is also aesthetically pleasing, or pleasantly beautiful (Proverbs 25:11-12).
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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 25, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
– Proverbs 10:7
The
memory of a person obviously speaks of that person after they are gone. Once a person has lived and died, their character and name are fixed. Their memory will either be a blessing or a stinking
rot. The memory of them will be determined by their character and way of life while they lived, whether
just or
wicked. This is wisdom’s long view of life. Wisdom considers the end of a thing before stepping foot in the path. It is pressed upon each of us to consider what sort of memory we would want to leave. The next step then is to seek wisdom and endeavor to live now in such a way that we come to that desired end. It would not be Divine wisdom to merely teach us to leave a good legacy on earth subject to the judgment of men. Divine wisdom teaches us that it is the judgment of God that matters and that should drive our life on earth (2 Corinthians 5:9-10).
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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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