Proverbs 4

Here is a little wisdom from Proverbs 4:

Proverbs 4 1599 Geneva Bible (GNV)

4 1 Wisdom and her fruits ought to be searched. 14 The way of the wicked must be refused. 20 By the word of God the heart, eyes, and course of life must be guided.

1 Hear, O ye children, the instruction of a [a]father, and give ear to learn understanding.

2 For I do give you a good doctrine: therefore forsake ye not my law.

3 For I was my father’s son, tender and dear in the sight of my mother,

4 When he [b]taught me, and said unto me, Let thine heart hold fast my words: keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.

5 Get wisdom: get understanding: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.

6 Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her and she shall preserve thee.

7 [c]Wisdom is the beginning: get wisdom therefore: and above all thy possession get understanding.

8 Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honor, if thou embrace her.

9 She shall give a comely ornament unto thine head, yea, she shall give thee a crown of glory.

10 ¶ Hear, my son: and receive my words, and the years of thy life shall be many.

11 I have [d]taught thee in the way of wisdom, and led thee in the paths of righteousness.

12 When thou goest, thy gait shall not be [e]strait, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall.

13 Take hold of instruction, and leave not: keep her, for she is thy life.

14 ¶ Enter not into the way of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men.

15 Avoid it, and go not by it: turn from it, and pass by.

16 For they cannot [f]sleep, except they have done evil, and their sleep departeth except they cause some to fall.

17 For they eat the bread of [g]wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

18 But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that [h]shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

19 The way of the wicked is as the darkness: they know not wherein they shall fall.

20 ¶ My son, hearken unto my words, incline thine ear unto my sayings.

21 Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keep them in the midst of thine heart.

22 For they are life unto those that find them: and health unto all their [i]flesh.

23 Keep thine heart with all diligence: for thereout cometh [j]life.

24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lips far from thee.

25 Let thine eyes behold the right, and let thine eyelids direct thy way before thee.

26 [k]Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be ordered aright.

27 Turn not to the right hand, nor to the left, but remove thy foot from evil.

Footnotes:

Proverbs 4:1 He speaketh this in the person of a Preacher and Minister, which is as a father unto the people, read Prov. 2:8.

Proverbs 4:4 Meaning, David his father.

Proverbs 4:7 He showeth that we must first begin at God’s word, if so be we will that other things prosper with us, contrary to the judgment of the world, which make it their last study, or else care not for it at all.

Proverbs 4:11 Solomon declareth what care his father had to bring him up in the true fear of God: for this was David’s protestation.

Proverbs 4:12 Thou shalt walk at liberty without offence.

Proverbs 4:16 Meaning, that to do evil is more proper and natural to the wicked than to sleep, eat or drink.

Proverbs 4:17 Gotten by wicked means and cruel oppression.

Proverbs 4:18 Signifying, that the godly increase daily in knowledge and perfection, till they come to full perfection, which is when they shall be joined to their head in the heavens.

Proverbs 4:22 That is, they shall have health of body: under the which all other blessings promised in the law are contained.

Proverbs 4:23 For as the heart is either pure or corrupt, so is the whole course of man’s life.

Proverbs 4:26 Keep a measure in all thy doings.

To a question posted on Facebook, why does God only have 1 son?

Almighty God has many children, for those who believe, we are his children, he did create us. Yes he had one son who was sacrificed for the sins of the world. No need for 2 or 3 sacrificial lambs. Since God is omnipotent he does what he wants because he is God. We can question his decisions but make sure it is to learn more about him and not to discredit his existence. As sure as there is evil and wickedness in this world then know for certain that there is a God also. Some people have never picked up a bible and read it, but reading the word is one way of truly finding out who he really is. Satan has children and his seed are very evil and wicked.  Try God, test God, learn is God real or just a figment of poor peoples imagination( I was told in college poor people need something to believe in) yet God said we will always have the poor among us. Not because he is unable to do anything about it but mankind is selfish and concerned about themselves. Overalll GOD DOES WHAT HE WANTS BECAUSE HE IS GOD

Jeremiah 18:1-8

The word which came to Jeremiah  from the lord saying, arise, and go down to the potters house,  and there shall I show thee my words. Then I went down to the potters house, and behold,  he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay, was broken in the hand of the potter,  so he returned and made it another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. Then the word of the Lord came to me saying, oh house of israel, cannot I do to you as this potter saith the Lord?  Behold, as the clay is in the potters hand,  so are you in my hand,  oh, house of Israel.

I suppose as people we get confused and ask ? Why does God allow bad things to happen, God is not the ruler of this world but satan is, since he was thrown out of heaven. Jesus did say " I saw satan fall like lightening to the earth. We need to realize that God is the maker and ruler of us all but he does not put a knife to our throat or a gun to our head to make us change. As surely as there  is light there is darkness, we have the son of God and we have the man of perdition, we have wealth and poverty, we have life and death, we have the young and we have the old, we have good and we have evil. I could go on but I guess what I am saying is" as surely as we have God we have Satan. I do not know how else to get a person to believe in God if they have never taken the time to know him. I cannot read the bible and then decide that I will only believe some parts and not all, or I will only believe the New Testament and not the old. Since I read the bible then I must believe all of it or none of it. It is the same as serving 2 masters, we cannot serve two masters because that means having one foot in the fire  or walking a tightrope. Life is too short to take chances with our eternity. Good things happen to good people as well as the bad ( the bible does say, none of us are good, no not one) and in proverbs it states that chance happens to all. Believing in the word may not seem so easy to do but as I look around this beautiful world I know that this did not just happen by chance. God loves us so much that his word says that 1 day is as a thousand years to him, meaning he is slow to anger. So many people are dying in the streets due to hunger or murders or accidents, none of this is his doing. It is however the work of the enemy, but we want to blame him instead of honoring and believing in him. We sit gripe and complain about things yet we seem to honor the devil in so many ways, we lie, steal, kill, cheat, gamble, debauchery, fornicate. We do all the things God tells us not do do and then question his existence. We want his blessings but cant handle his wrath or curses it's  as if we are saying"  I should be able to do what I want to do without any consequence. God is the creator of us all, the one who loves us and cares for us the most. Imagine if sin never entered the world how peaceful and serene things would be. Some non believers claim that we were not allowed to think or have knowledge but, didn't Adam have the knowledge to name all the animals including Eve. Sin opened the gateway to everything that is wrong and almighty God is the answer to everything that is right.   God has one son named Jesus and a host of heavenly angels and what he chooses  to do " who am I to question. 

One simple test!!!

To every non believer out there. The bible states that Adam named all the animals. If there is no God and the bible is not true there is one simple test I would like for you to perform, please get yourself  pen and paper and write down all the names of the animals that you know of. Now on another piece of paper I would like for you to rename all the animals without using any of the names that they have already been given. And if that is not enough then look around you and decide what is missing from this earth since there is no God and everything happened by chance or evolution!!! Can the brain create something non existent if it has not been told about it? Looks like only the one who creates all things is capable (God).