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Proverbs Chapter 15 (Continued) {Verses 20 and following: Results of How a Parent Trains their Children} 20~~A wise son makes a glad father . . . but a foolish man despises his mother. {Note: This is a picture of what happens to children when they become adults. If they do not have the capacity for love which comes from doctrine, they hate their parents. They learned the hard way the parents failed them in NOT getting them bible doctrine. Since the beginning of time, it has been the PARENTS responsibility to train their children. Today we seem to have tried to pass this responsibility off on the educational system and this is disastrous.} {Without Doctrine, Trying to Find Happiness from Details of Life} 21~~Folly/foolishness . . . {is} joy to . . . {him who is} void of wisdom . . . but a 'man of understanding' . . .   {believer with doctrine in soul} 'Walks into prosperity'/'Walks uprightly'. {Note: 'Wisdom' in Proverbs is a believer with bible doctrine in the soul. Without doctrine, then the person tries to find happiness in the details of life - sex, drugs, money, houses, social life, business success . . . and without the capacity for happiness, they are always empty inside - vanity of vanities.} {Everything that causes the Child to Fail} 22~~Without 'doctrine taught on a personal basis' {cowd} . . . plans are frustrated . . . but in the 'much instruction' they are established. {Note: Parents have plans for their children. Do not forget to give them doctrine also.} {Sort of a Parenthesis of Grace - Children Oriented to Grace} 23~~A man has joy . . . by the answer of his mouth . . . and a word 'in its season' . . . how good is it! {Note: When a person has bible doctrine in his soul, the divine viewpoint he expresses brings inner happiness to the parents when they hear their children express it. A 'word in its season' refers to being able to offer the correct doctrinal viewpoint to someone as comfort in their time of trouble.} 24~~The Way of Life Above . . . to the wise, that he may depart from the grave/Sheol beneath. {Note: Way of Life Above is a soul filled with bible doctrine, and God's divine viewpoint being applied to all of life's experiences. And the grave beneath means the child with doctrine will know how to avoid the sin unto death.} 25~~Jehovah/God will destroy the 'house of the proud' . . . but He will establish the border of the widow. {Note: The 'house of the proud' refers to the parents with great plans for their children - marry right, have a great career, etc. - but without doctrine, the children grow to hate the parents and that 'house is destroyed'. The widow is the helpless parent. She has no details of life to give her children, but she knows doctrine and she gives that to her children and her border is established. This house is blessed by God though the 'world' may not understand this.} 26~~The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to Jehovah/God but pure . . . words of grace. {Note: Here continues with the contrast of a person with no doctrine operating on his own self-righteousness (human good and evil) and it is disgusting to God, verses a person with much doctrine and divine viewpoint . . . with an attitude and verbal expression and vocabulary of Grace (all that God can do for man based on the work of His Son on the cross).} {Child's Scale of Values is Molded by Doctrine} 27~~He who is greedy of gain . . . troubles his own house . . . but he who hates unjust gains shall be refreshed. {Note: This is 'making money' the source of their happiness instead of doctrine. Doctrine says details of life are to be enjoyed if you have them, but if you don't have the details, no problem. God and His Word are the source of the mature believer's happiness. Forget the 'lying' to get ahead in business.} 28~~The heart/'right lobe' of the righteous . . . studies to communicate . . . but the mouth of the wicked . . . pours out evil things. {Note: What the child will think in the future is dependent on how they were taught in the home. Their studies and communication of divine viewpoint will continue through life, or they will pour out human viewpoint if no doctrine is taught.} 29~~Jehovah/God is far from the wicked . . . but He hears the prayer of the righteous. {Note: If a child is taught how to pray - belief in God and salvation, rebound, protocol in prayer, appropriateness in for what to pray, their prayers will be effective all their lives. If not, they are 'far from God' - no effective prayer life and no direct communication to God.} {Verses 30-31: Privilege of Training the Child in the Home through the Eye and Ear Gates} 30~~The light of the eyes . . . rejoices the heart/'right lobe' . . . and a good report 'causes prosperity'   {idiom: Literally: 'causes the bones to be fat'}. {Note: Eyes and Ears are two ways of communicating bible doctrine. The 'light of the eyes' is learning bible doctrine. Basic inner happiness in the soul comes from learning bible doctrine. When they apply bible doctrine, they will have prosperity in life - meaning they will be useful to God in His Plan.} 31~~The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise. {Note: If you have trained them in bible doctrine, then the child will respond to the correction instead of react against it - they are oriented to the plan of God and to the grace of God and they are blessed and profit from the reproof.} {Verses 32-33: The issue for the Family} 32~~He who constantly rejects instruction/doctrine . . . despises his own soul . . . but he who 'hears, listens and obeys' reproof . . . gets understanding {leb}. {Note: A parent who rejects doctrine is setting up false norms and standards in his soul. In essence he is despising his own soul and not treating it right. And, when you do this to yourself, it carries on to your children - you have nothing of spiritual value to teach your children. So, in essence, you despise yourself and your children here. So, this verse is for the parent, with doctrine, they are open to when doctrine also corrects them! They will shama` (hear, listen and obey) to what divine viewpoint instructs them.} 33~~The "fear of Jehovah/God"/"Occupation with Christ" . . . {is} the instruction of wisdom . . . and before honor/glory/riches . . . {is} humility. {Note: When you are occupied with someone you want to know what they are thinking. And, this is the ultimate. This is having enough doctrine in the soul to want to know Him, to love Him, to get to know His Thinking - the bible is the Mind of Christ. Before they will have honor and riches they must have humility. Humility is 'orientation to the plan of God' . . . 'thinking Grace'.}