Month: October 2020

Proverb 2:21

“For the upright will dwell in the land,And the blameless will remain in it.” The upright, those who resist the seductress, will dwell in the land. They will dwell–live! Though she promises you a life…

Proverb 2:19

“None who go to her return,Nor do they regain the paths of life.” Her whispers were snaky lies. As she woos you with her words, she leads you to her death-trap and once you’re inside,…

Proverb 2:18

“For her house leads down to death.And her paths to the dead;“ The way of the immoral seductress leads to a dead-end the bible refers to as “death”.Her way may be a wild ride. It…

Proverb 2:17

“Who forsakes the companion of her youth,And forgets the covenant of her God.”This woman, the seductress, has forsaken her youth, lost her innocence. She has forgotten the child who got excited over the sight of…

Proverb 2:16

“To deliver you from the immoral woman,From the seductress who flatters with her words,” We’ve already learned that they—wisdom and understanding—deliver us from the man who speaks perverse things (2:12). Today, we’re introduced to the…

Proverb 2:15

“Whose ways are crooked,And who are devious in their paths;” This person—the one who will forsake righteousness for darkness, who will rejoice in evil and perverse wickedness—they avoid the straight and narrow. They are deviant.…

Proverb 2:14

“who rejoice in doing eviland delight in the perverseness of evil,” Sometimes, though, people simply delight in doing evil and they are the subject here. These individuals don’t merely test the spirits, but they regard…

Proverb 2:13

“Who forsake the paths of uprightnessto walk in the ways of darkness,” But there are those individuals who willingly give up the arduous trek, that is upright and brightly lit with the glory of God…