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…
Category: Ancient Lore
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…
Proverb 2:12
“To deliver you from the way of evilFrom the man who speaks perverse things,” Here we see what it is, they (discretion and understanding) are watching for and guarding us from: The way of evil.…
Proverb 2:11
“discretion will watch over you,understanding will guard you,” It is common in our culture and our language to reference a guardian angel. But what is that? I think it provides a degree of comfort to…
Proverb 2:10
“for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;” Wisdom, then is this thing that grants you understanding as you search for righteousness. As the verse points out, for it…
Proverb 2:9
“Then you will understand righteousness and justiceand equity, every good path; Thus far, chapter two has delved out a bunch of if’s at our expense. Here, in the ninth verse, we get the priviledge of…