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Proverbs
Chapter
03 (Continued)
{Verses
21-35: Impact of Bible Doctrine}
{Verses
21-22: Importance of Application of Doctrine
- David to Solomon}
21a~~My
son
let
not them {principals of bible doctrine}
depart
from your eyes.
{Note: The 'eyes' have to do with perception and application of doctrine.}
21b~~Keep
sound wisdom {tuwshiyah}
and
discretion/'common sense wisdom'/concentration.
{m@zimmah - means focusing your thinking on 'something of
value'}
22a~~So
shall they {principals of doctrine}
be
life unto your soul {nephesh}.
{Note: The real life of your soul is bible doctrine - it is more important than the air you breathe}
22b~~And
grace/favor {chen} around your neck.
{like jewelry - it hangs around you like a beautiful necklace - grace
attracts}
{Note: If you know doctrine, then you know that doctrine is your life. The only way to know God and His Character and His Essence and His Mind, His attitude, His concept, His plan, is by studying doctrine. Without doctrine 'love' is superficial. To really love someone, you need to know the real person first - their thinking. So if you have doctrine, God and His Word is your life - all other things are the 'details of your life'.}
{Verses
23-26: Doctrine Produces Confidence}
23a~~Then
you shall Walk in your Way
'with
confidence'/securely {betach}.
{Note: The 'Walk' is step by step through life - the confidence comes with knowledge of God's viewpoint.}
{Note: Confidence is NOT a sin! Many will try to make it seem 'haughty' when someone shows confidence. They are applying their sins and weaknesses to the person who they are seeing and envying. Knowledge of doctrine provides confidence in all areas of their lives.}
23b~~And your foot shall not stumble.
{Note: This has to do with coordination - when you have confidence you can Walk straight and tall and not stumble.}
24a~~When
you lie down,
you
shall not be afraid.
{Note: Only can be if you have doctrine in your soul and leave it up to the Lord to protect you - Faith Rest Technique}
24b~~Yes,
you shall lie down,
and
your sleep shall be sweet.
{Note: When David was fleeing his son Absalom who revolted against him, David lost everything (Psalm 4:8) yet he could lay down and sleep as they marched away from the city. When you have doctrine, no matter how great the disaster, you will be able to lie down and sleep peacefully.}
25a~~Be not afraid of catastrophe/'sudden fear'.
25b~~Neither
of the plots of the wicked,
when
it {their plotting} comes.
{Note: They do not always plot against you, but when they do, do not fear.}
26a~~For
Jehovah/God shall be your confidence {kecel}.
{Y@hovah actually is the verb 'to be' in absolute status quo -
"I am . . . the Always Existing One" RBT says it is God
the Son in
view here}
26b~~And
shall keep your foot from being trapped.
{with doctrine to guide you, you do not step in a trap, pit, hole -
you do what Doctrine teaches and you will avoid a lot of the
pitfalls and snares in Satan's world}
{Verses
27-31: The Relationships of Doctrine}
27~~'Withhold
not'/'Do not restrain' good {divine good}
from
them to whom it is due/owed,
when
it is in the power of your hand to do.
{Note: Only when in fellowship does God produce divine good through us - so first of all required is a mental attitude free of sins - that is the first thing we owe to fellow believers - to love them. And only under the power of the filling of God the Holy Spirit can we do this.}
{Note: From Romans we learn that we are to owe no man except love - this is the principal of impersonally loving other believers based on the doctrine resident in your soul - who and what YOU are, not at all related to what they are.}
{Avoid
Mental Torture}
28~~Do
not say to your neighbor,
"Go
away, and come again, and tomorrow I will give . . .
when
you have it 'by you'/'right then and there'.
{Note: This is mental torture. You can help your fellow believer right then and there, but you put him to shame by making him come back and beg. Don't do it. A Greek proverb is 'a slow paced favor is a flavorless favor'.}
{Respect
the Privacy of Those in Your Periphery}
29~~Do
not fabricate evil against your neighbor . . .
seeing
he dwells securely by you.
{Note: Here a system of lies or some other way to downgrade your neighbor - the mind your own business principal.}
30~~Strive
not with a man without cause,
if
he has done you no harm.
{Note: This is the 'mind your own business' principal. Do not start trouble. Also fits for the revolutionist.}
31a~Do
not {intensively} envy { qana'}
the
oppressor {'iysh}.
{Note: Qana' here is the Piel intensive stem meaning a lack of being relaxed - behind all the bad relationships being covered is 'mental attitude'. And, 'iysh we know from the previous verse is the one who is a bully or does not mind his own business.}
31b~~And choose none of his Ways.
{Note: Means do not 'retaliate' or bully back or spread rumors about him because he did about you.}
32a~~For
the 'perverted one' {luwz}
is
abomination to Jehovah/God.
{Note: The person who is minus Divine Viewpoint in his soul - no doctrine - is the perverted one. They can not Walk the righteous way of God if they do not know the righteous Way of God.}
32b~~But
His secret
is
with the righteous {yashar}.
{Note: His 'secret' is divine viewpoint - it is unknown to the unbeliever and the believer negative to the study of doctrine.}
{Verses
33-35: Antithetical Distich Verses (In common but Opposite)}
33a~~The
curse of Jehovah/God
is
on the house of the evil.
{sin + arrogance = evil; and also, human good + arrogance = evil}
{Note: The curse of God is most frightening thing in the world!}
22b~~But
He blesses the dwelling
'where
there is'/of 'imputed righteousness'/'the just' {tsaddiyq}.
34a~He
{God} keeps on being
caused
to scorn/mock/ridicule {luwts - Hiphil imperfect}
the
scorner/ scoffer/'arrogant negative type' {luwts}.
{luwts - means someone who is indifferent to something that is
important}
34b~~But He gives grace to the humble {`anav}.
{Note: This verse is quoted in James 4:6. David failed many, many times. He was a murderer. He was a rapist. He was guilty of the half-forgiveness of Absalom. But he always returned to doctrine. His mind was so loaded up with doctrine that his thinking was very close to divine viewpoint.}
35a~~The
wise {chakam}
will
inherit honor/glory {SuperGrace blessings}.
{Note: The spiritually mature believer is the one who is "wise" where it counts - in spiritual terms. He is the one who learns doctrine and applies it to experience.}
35b~~But
fools {k@ciyl}
{those in the interlocking systems of arrogance + negative to
doctrine}
carry
away dishonor/shame.
{shame - that which brings his life to ruin}
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