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Proverbs
Chapter
27
{1st
Enemy of the Believer is Pride/Arrogance}
1~~Boast
not yourself of tomorrow . . .
for
you know not what a day may bring forth.
{Note:
Boast here is halal in the Hithpael reflexive stem. It means to
'praise yourself'. This is pride and arrogance and is a sin. If
someone says you are great and you THINK wow they are right! That is
a mental attitude sin! (Hint: Try to always compare yourself
to
God . . . and you will stay humble!)}
2~~Let
another man praise you, and not your own mouth . . .
a
stranger, and not your own lips.
{Note: This means to relax when someone does praise you. Don't make an issue out of it. It is a false issue. The issue is Christ for an unbeliever and doctrine in the right lobe is the issue for believers. Say thank you and move on. Don't be snowed by compliments - don't take it too seriously. Thank God - it is all from Him.}
{2nd
Enemy of the Believer is Anger (Parabolic Distich (1st line
illustrates 2nd line)}
3~~The
heaviness of the stone and the weight of the sand . . .
a
fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
{Note: This verse emphasizes pressures that lead to mental attitude sins. The fool has no doctrine in his soul and is instead filled with misery, envy, jealousy. So he has pressures without knowledge of how to handle them. So, from their internal anger, they will send out violence in this example.}
{3rd
Enemy - Envy - Worse than a Rock of Anger and the Subtle Weight of
Sand of Anger}
4~~Wrath
is cruel . . . and anger is outrageous . . .
but
who is able to stand before envy?
{Note: The rock of verse 3 is the obvious crushing weigh of wrath. The anger is the more subtle weight of the sand that is still crushing you.}
{4th
Enemy is Pseudo-Love (Comparative Distich)}
5~~Better
naked demonstration/communication/correction . . .
than
secret/veiled/covered love.
{Note: 'Naked communication' means the mind is uncovered to God, to your spouse and to your friends. This phrase is really referring to the capacity and ability to love. This means that you understand what love is and you also have the ability to express it is also there - all three categories of love in view. Secret love means 'inside' he has no capacity for true love. He talks love, but inside he is bitter, jealous, angry, vindictive - etc. Secret love means the true thinking is veiled but the lips utter the words 'I love you dear' - a lie. Examples would be the girl who flirts with all men to get their approbation and, for the men, the Casanova or 'sexual athlete' type.}
{Antithetical
Distich}
6~~Faithful
are the wounds of a friend . . .
but
the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
{Note: A person can make love without being in love. 'Faithfulness' here is used for true capacity for love - here category 3 love. Here a good friend rebukes his friend who is about to make a mistake. Say a buddy says he is going to cheat on his wife. A faithful friend would sweat him into the wall. Love sometimes expresses itself by being tough - a parent leveling with their child, a drill sergeant to the new recruit, etc.}
{Note: But the 'kiss of an enemy' is that fake situation where a person kisses someone on the cheek like all is well between them, but inside he is really hostile toward the person he is kissing - hatred, jealous, envy - mental attitude sins.}
{Note: This next section apparently is Solomon to Rehoboam. Apparently, Solomon's mature friends must have noticed that Rehoboam was not interested in doctrine and they were concerned about the nation at Solomon's death. Supposedly Solomon is making a special effort to instruct Rehoboam in this next section.}
{Logical
Progression - 5th Enemy of Believer is Indifference of Bible
Doctrine (Antithetical Distich)}
7~~The
'full soul' loathes an honeycomb . . .
but
to the 'hungry soul' every bitter thing is sweet.
{Note: A 'full soul' is filled with the wrong things. It is a believer operating on the details of life (no doctrine). He is looking for happiness in social life, money, business success, sports success, political success, sex, homes, cars, or boats, etc. He has no capacity for enjoying these details of life. Honey is the analogy for bible doctrine. Honey is stimulating - the candy of the ancient world (doctrine is stimulating to those who enjoy the taste), it provided energy for the body (doctrine is connected with energy of the Spirit and produces divine good), honey is good in creams for the skin (doctrine on the inside makes a beautiful soul and that beautiful soul also provides outer beauty), honey came from their own area and it knocked out allergies and tooth decay - so honey has many benefits to the body -as does doctrine to the soul.}
{Note: The 'hungry soul' is the believer hungry for the Word - he is positive to the teaching of the Word. 'Man does not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds from His Mouth.' For this person, he will eat and eat every doctrine even though many are bitter to the taste initially. Eventually all divine viewpoint is sweet.}
{6th
Enemy of the Believer - False Scales of Value of the Person without
Doctrine (Parabolic Distich)}
8~~As
a bird that wanders from her nest . . .
so
is a man that wanders from his place.
{Note: This bird is not ready to leave the nest. He did not get enough 'food' (doctrine) in him before he left the nest. He is now a believer and part of the angelic conflict and is not prepared. He will be miserable in the devil's world. He can not live 'The More Excellent Way of Jesus Christ'. He is unprepared.}
{Doctrine
is a Sweet Smell To the Positive Believer (Parabolic Distich)}
9~~'Anointing
scented oil' and perfume
keeps
on intensively rejoicing the heart . . .
so
'true love' . . . a man's friend {category 3 love}
by
'counsel from the soul'.
{Note: Oil was amalgamated with scents and a special guest would be anointed with this oil when he visited. This was considered to be a special honor in the ancient world. Doctrine is analogous to scented oil for the soul which God anoints all believers. And, to progress the analogy, 'Perfume' is what doctrine does in your frontal lobe - it stimulates. Perfume is the analogy for 'application of doctrine' - 'wisdom' is divine viewpoint applied.}
{Note: So here we have an analogy of the scent of oil compared with divine viewpoint coming from a true friend. True friends have doctrine in their souls. False friends operate on the energy of the flesh}
{A
Tristitch - Rehoboam should Take Counsel from Bible Doctrine and
Those with it in their Souls}
10~~Your
own friend, and your father's friend, forsake not . . .
neither
go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity.
Better
a 'casual acquaintance'/neighbor who is near . . .
than
a brother far off.
{Note: Rehoboam will choose the non-doctrinal advice of his friends and reject the counsel of his father's friends in the future. So, in I Kings 12:6-14 we see the nation was split 10 tribes and 2 tribes. 'Your own friend' (singular) is 'bible doctrine'. "Your father's friends" are the mature friends of Solomon. "His brother's house" included people who also were without doctrine. Rehoboam was warned also not to go to them for counsel. Blood relationship does not provide the basis for true love or friendship or wise counsel without doctrine in each one's soul.}
{Integral
Distich - 2nd line completes thought of 1st line}
11~~My
son {Solomon to Rehoboam},
be
wise . . . and make my heart glad,
that
I may answer him who reproaches/criticizes me.
{Note: Wisdom is the application of doctrine/'divine viewpoint' to experience. The ones reproaching Solomon are mature believers who see that Rehoboam is wild and traveling with a wild crowd. He rejects Doctrine and so do his friends. They advise Solomon now in order that the nation will not be destroyed when Rehoboam becomes king.}
12~~A
prudent man understands/sees 'the evil' . . .
{even
though the evil/OSN is} being veiled/hidden . . .
but
the simple/fool 'passes from one point to another' {`abar} . . .
{and}
receives punishment.
{Note: 'The evil' refers to the Old Sin Nature. It takes a mature believer to see the OSN being covered by one with the mental attitude sins. Overt sins are easy to see. But the mental attitude sins are the worst sins!}
{Note: `abar is the word for the 'Passover'. It means to pass from one place to another. The first point the fool passes over is the cross - remaining an unbeliever. And, a second group accepts the work of Christ on the cross, but passes over the understanding of His Mind (bible doctrine).}
13``Seize
his garment {an order} . . .
for
he co-signed/'stood surety' for a stranger.
Take
it as a pledge {another order} . . .
{for
he stood surety} for an unfamiliar/foreign woman.
{The
Flatterer (Male type) and the Flirt (Female type)}
14~~He
who blesses his friend with a loud voice,
rising
early in the morning,
it
shall be counted a curse to him.
{Empty flattery is a curse to the one doing the
flattering/flirtation -
self-induced misery . . . AND also to the one receiving the flattery
if his approbation lust is stimulated}
{Note: 'Rising early in the morning' is an idiom meaning being the first to offer flattery. This is for the 'day people'. 'Night people' would be flattered at night. Flattery/Flirtation is the curse of pseudo-love.}
{The
Nag (Parabolic Distich)}
15~~A
continual dropping in a very rainy day . . .
and
a contentious/nagging woman . . . are alike.
{Note: The 'continual dropping' is like a leaky roof in your house - plop, plop, plop. And a nag keeps on complaining and complaining - like the flatter and flirt of the previous verse, nagging also has its roots in mental attitude sins. In her case, bitterness, envy, jealousy, hostility, etc. causes this one to be very critical.}
{Any
Human Viewpoint Solution? - Can anyone stop the nag? No
(Divine viewpoint will follow - answer . . . yes - via doctrine}
16~~He
who restrains her {the nag} restrains the wind.
And with oil/ointment in his right hand, he calls for help.
{Note: You can stop a nag the same way you can stop the wind. Human viewpoint can not solve the problem of pseudo-love. The second line is the case of having oil poured into your right hand and you try to hold it. How? By trying to squeeze it - but it oozes out everywhere. That is what it is like to try to stop a nag. If you do something, you actually go backwards and the nagging will increase. To do nothing does not solve it, but it is not worse.}
{Verses
17-19: Divine Viewpoint Solution to the Flattery, Flirt and the Nag}
{Verse
17: Solution 'Love Toward Human Race'}
17~~{Hard}
Iron sharpens {softer} iron . . .
so
a man sharpens the face {character} of his friend.
{Note: The Hittites had learned how to smelt iron about 200 years before Proverbs was written. A hard iron tool was used to make soft iron tools and was used to sharpen soft iron swords. Doctrine is the 'hard iron' in the analogy. The flirt, flatterer and the nag are the 'soft iron' that can be cured via doctrine in their souls. So the 'man' here is the communicator of doctrine whose teaching of the Truth 'sharpens' the character of his friend.}
18~~Whoever
preserves the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof . . .
so
he who waits on his Master shall receive honor.
{Note: Analogy is advanced. Here the doctrine in the frontal lobe is preserved. The fig tree is doctrine and here the doctrine of agape type love (impersonal love - based on who and what YOU are, not the object of your love). In the second line, his Master is the Master of all - God. How does the believer respond to the love of God? Without doctrine he uses 'pseudo-love' - flattery, flirt or nags when his 'tithing' did not work. Why me God? I gave to the Church (bribery), I love you God (flirtation). Only with doctrine in their souls do they know God and develop the capacity to respond to the love of God - true love. To receive honor means to be advanced in the Plan of God based on having HIS viewpoint in your soul, so that He can produce divine good on Earth, bringing glory to Him.}
{Impact/
Dynamics of this New Love based on Doctrine in your Soul}
19~~As
in water . . . face to face,
so
the heart/'right lobe' . . . 'man to man'/'mankind to mankind'.
{Note: Many people did not have mirrors in this day. Water was their mirror. They looked into calm water and saw their physical characteristics. The 'water of the Word' is a mirror to their soul that shows them what their soul really looks like. Are you filled with mental attitude sins? The Word shows you this. Then you can correct your faults. Eventually you can learn to truly love - love God, love your spouse, love all mankind based on who and what YOU are (the only way you can love all of us stinkers out there).}
20~~Sheol/Hades
{sh@'owl}
and
'the abyss'/'place of destruction' {'abaddown} are never full . . .
so
the 'eyes of man' {lust pattern} are never satisfied.
{Note: Sheol is the place of 'housing' of unbelieving souls until the Great White Throne Judgment. It is after Judgment day that they will be tossed into the Lake of Fire. The Greek word for Hades is often incorrectly transliterated as 'Hell' and it is also often called 'Torments'. And, 'abaddown comes across to the Greek as the 'pit' or the abyss. RBT says there is no end to man's desire to produce 'human good' (anything generated from the energy of the flesh). And there is always room in Hades for this human good which is 'dead works' or 'wood, hay, and stubble' and it will all be burned away. Next, the 'eyes of man' here is an analogy for a person with his eyes/attention on the details of life - his lust pattern. He worships money and what money can bring him.}
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