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Proverbs Chapter 28 (Continued) {6th Way to Ruin your life - Rejection of Divine Operating Assets (Antithetical Distich)} 18~~Whoever Walks 'in completion'/uprightly shall receive deliverance . . . but he who is 'twisted up'/distorted/confused in his Ways shall fall all at once. {Note: To 'Walk uprightly' really means to 'Walk in completion' meaning that they are a mature believer. They have divine viewpoint firmly in the norms and standards of their soul. They are oriented to the plan of God. They are occupied with Christ and have God first in their priorities of life. He is not occupied with the details of life so whether he has or does not have details, he still shares in the happiness which belongs to God.} {Verses 19-20: 7th Way to Ruin your life - Deification of Money (Money Represents the Details of Life)} 19~~He who tills his land shall have 'plenty of bread'/'legitimate business profit' . . . but he who pursues vigorously 'emptiness'/'the vanities'   {the details of life} shall become satiated/obsessed with his lack   {no capacity for happiness from doctrine in his soul}. {Note: This is an agricultural economy. So business enterprise is discussed in terms of farming. Plenty of bread is 'business profit'. So, in contrast, is the person who makes the details of life his top priority in life. He then becomes obsessed with the details of life. He makes money and wants more money - he is worshiping money. This will destroy his life. He will be rich . . . and miserable.} 20~~A faithful man shall abound with blessings . . . but he who 'makes haste'   {make money anyway you can - legally or illegally - obsessed with   money} to be rich shall not go unpunished. {Note: A faithful man is one positive to the teaching of the Word. He may or may not have the details of life, but he shares the happiness which belongs to God.} {Verses 21-28: How to Destroy your perspective of life} {1st way to destroy your perspective of life -   Get your eyes on People} 21~~To have respect of persons . . . {is} not good . . . for . . . for a piece of bread . . . man will transgress/rebel. {Note: This means to depend on people instead of doctrine. If you happiness depends on other people, then you 'have respect of persons'. That is the meaning in this context - getting your eyes on people. See also Jeremiah 17:5 - same principle.} {2nd way to destroy your perspective of life - Get your eyes on Money/'Details of Life'} 22~~The man with the 'evil eye' hastens/agitates {an obsession} to be rich . . . and he does not know that 'want' shall come upon him. {Note: The 'evil eye' is an idiom for a man with mental attitude sins in his soul. His soul has little to no divine viewpoint. Instead of concentrating on God and His Word, this man concentrates on money, making money, and how to make more money. This believer is grieving or quenching God the Holy Spirit and operating on the energy of the flesh - human viewpoint and self-induced misery. The key again is 'he DOES NOT KNOW' - without doctrine he does not understand Truth. And checer not only means 'want' it means to have a void. A believer's happiness only comes after the capacity for happiness is there - until then no amount of money can fill the void.} {3rd way to destroy your perspective of life - to not avoid flattery or patronizing (have approbation lust)} 23~~He who 'corrects {by communication of doctrine}' a man going backwards shall find more grace . . . than he who causes to 'flatters with the tongue'. {Note: A believer either goes forward (maturing) or falls back (into reversionism). For example, the mature believer might remind a reversionist about the doctrine of rebound. This brings more grace than the person with approbation lust who is spreading it around and trying to get it back.} {4th way to destroy your perspective of life - Practice of the Korban Gimmick} 24~~Whoever robs his father or his mother, and said, "It is no transgression" . . . the same is the companion of a destroyer. {Note: The Legalistic Jews had a gimmick so they did not have to pay income taxes or to support their aging parents. Property 'dedicated to the Church' is considered 'korban' (dedicated to God) for a fee, yet they can continue to use this property until they die. So here, the 'rich man' progresses to be an adult child. Now he is refusing to help his parents who are destitute. He fails the test of love. All he has is pseudo-love. True love only comes from understanding divine viewpoint on love - from doctrine resident in the soul.} 25~~{He who is of} A 'proud soul' {rachab nephesh} stirs up strife {madown - self-induced misery} . . . but {he who} 'body-slams his problems'/ 'puts his trust' in Jehovah/God shall be made prosperous/fat {here a relaxed mental attitude}. {Note: The proud soul is one filled with mental attitude sins - whiners, soul-kinks, jealous, guilt, vindictive, implacable, hatred, tied up in knots around people, bitterness, etc. Originally madown meant to be 'rough from scraping it against something' and it does mean strife. Batach was a wrestler's term that meant to body slam your difficulties on God. Put them in His hands and forget them - the Faith Rest Technique.} 26~~{He who} 'body-slams his problems'/ 'puts his trust' in his own heart/'right lobe' is a fool . . . but whoever habitually Walks in wisdom   {application of bible doctrine in the soul to experience}, he shall be delivered   {to slip away from life's dangers and difficulties}. {Note: Malat means to slip away from any problem or difficulty in life. If you have doctrine in your soul, you are well adjusted and handle problems well. If you have soul-kinks, then every problem will take you down.} 27~~He who gives unto the poor shall not lack . . . but he who 'hides his eyes' shall have many a curse. {Note: The first line is a 'grace giver'. He gives without strings or coercion. He gives based on his own character and soul. But, the second man has no doctrine. To 'hide your eyes' is an idiom meaning to be stingy or else to 'give with strings'. This is the man with soul-kinks. And, the 'practice' of dunning or pressuring people for money - tithing etc. is unauthorized under God's grace - giving must be BY FREE WILL not by coercion.} 28~~When the wicked rise   {someone with a distorted soul gets into power}, men hide themselves   {good people don't know where to go} . . . but when they perish {from the sin unto death}, the righteous increase   {those with grace attitudes - relaxed mental attitudes   from doctrine in the soul}.