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Pathways Through Proverbs
Daily Devotional
July 23, 2008
Today's Reading - Proverbs 23
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Proverbs Chapter 23
- When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
- And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
- Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
- Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
- Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
- Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
- For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
- The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
- Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
- Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
- For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
- Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
- Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
- Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
- My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
- Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
- Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
- For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
- Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
- Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
- For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
- Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
- Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
- The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
- Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
- My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
- For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
- She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
- Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
- They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
- Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
- At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
- Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
- Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
- They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
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Last month we looked at Solomon's admonition to his son not to remove the ancient landmark. As we continue through that verse, the author warns against entering into, and taking possession of, the lands that belong to another. He particularly mentions the fatherless, who would be unable to defend themselves. Without a "man around the house", the owners of the property would have little recourse if someone attempted to usurp control of their lands. The obvious principle here is that we should never take advantage of the weakness of another. No matter how simple it may seem, it is always wrong to increase your own stock by cheating someone else.
The primary focus of today's pathway is verse 11. Here Solomon gives a very good reason why the weak should not be trifled with. They may not be able to defend themselves, but God Almighty shall come to their aid. If He is capable of being their Redeemer, then He is certainly capable of being their Defender. Think of it this way: if Jesus, by providing salvation for us, was able to defeat Satan's attempt to destroy our souls , it surely would not be difficult for him to defeat humans who attempt to destroy our lives.
There is a two-fold application here for us. First of all, if others are trying to harm you, the Lord is willing and able to save you. Go to Him immediately, and allow Him to fight your battles for you. Second, if you are tempted to take advantage of someone else, particularly someone who is unable to protect himself, remember that your ultimate conflict will not be against him, but it will be against God.
Our Redeemer is mighty. May we never forget that.
Pastor Mark J Montgomery
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