Day 227 - Proverbs 3, Verses 1-12

Proverbs 3:1‑12  •  1 min. read  •  grade level: 5
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V.1-4 The early chapters of Proverbs show us that the fear of the Lord is the only sure way to be preserved from evil. For the believer, behavior is of the greatest importance. Not to get our blessings, but to enjoy them. Remember, the Lord Jesus had not yet come to earth when Proverbs was written.
V.5-8 When we trust in the Lord, we obey Him. And when we obey Him, we have confidence in Him. One is the fruit of the other. So here. How foolish to rely on our own thoughts.
V.7 Eve, in the garden, listened to this from Satan. And he has been deceiving people ever since.
V.9-10 These promises of prosperity were for Israel. But we can transfer these to spiritual riches.
V.11-12 Quoted in Hebrews 12:5-65And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. (Hebrews 12:5‑6) as applying to us. Today’s verses have warning against two results which can come when the Lord allows troubles to come to us. First “despise not.” Do not make light of them. Second do not be weary. Do not get down or depressed by them.