Joshua 1:8

"...[B]ut you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success." (Joshua 1:8).

"You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me." (John 5:39).

"And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." (Jeremiah 29:13).

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Proverbs 5

1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom;
Lend your ear to my understanding, 
2 That you may preserve discretion,
And your lips may keep knowledge. 
3 For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey,
And her mouth is smoother than oil; 
4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword. 
5 Her feet go down to death,
Her steps lay hold of hell. 
6 Lest you ponder her path of life—
Her ways are unstable; 
You do not know them.

7 Therefore hear me now, my children,
And do not depart from the words of my mouth. 
8 Remove your way far from her,
And do not go near the door of her house, 
9 Lest you give your honor to others,
And your years to the cruel one; 
10 Lest aliens be filled with your wealth,
And your labors go to the house of a foreigner; 
11 And you mourn at last,
When your flesh and your body are consumed, 
12 And say:
“How I have hated instruction, 
And my heart despised correction! 
13 I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,
Nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me! 
14 I was on the verge of total ruin,
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”

15 Drink water from your own cistern,
And running water from your own well. 
16 Should your fountains be dispersed abroad,
Streams of water in the streets? 
17 Let them be only your own,
And not for strangers with you. 
18 Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice with the wife of your youth. 
19 As a loving deer and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; 
And always be enraptured with her love. 
20 For why should you, my son, be enraptured by an immoral woman,
And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?

21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD,
And He ponders all his paths. 
22 His own iniquities entrap the wicked man,
And he is caught in the cords of his sin. 
23 He shall die for lack of instruction,
And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

2 comments:

  1. 12b “How I have hated instruction,
    And my heart despised correction!
    13 I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,
    Nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!"

    At one point in my life I had to claim these words as my own. I pray God will never allow me to go there again, but rather to respect others, to have a humble Spirit, an open yet discerning mind, and an ever present thirst to listen and to learn

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  2. I think most people can recall a time(s) where we shut out everyone-especially our parents and mentors. And yes we pray it doesn't happen again, but when I look back I try to not only reflect with disgust or disappointent but rather at the wonder of how God holds our hands through that time(s) even when we're sure we're managing on our own.

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