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Sin, defined in 1 John 3:4 as *paranomia* (transgression of law), springs from contempt of God's authority and forfeiture of His favour.
We inhabit a world of separations and farewells, where distance divides families and loved ones across continents.
The original Hebrew *musar* (discipline, instruction) paired with the rod establishes wisdom in a child; conversely, a child left to himself brings shame upon his mother.
The Hebrew *chazon* (vision) encompasses prophecy itself: the preaching, expounding, and applying of Elohim's Word.
The desire of the righteous shall be granted (Proverbs 11:23), yet wisdom often demands restraint in speech. A prudent man concealeth knowledge in six distinct circumstances. First, when it is opportune to withhold. Our Lord Jesus said, "I have yet...
The path toward Mount Zion, though it might contain hardship, remains the way of safety—and Heaven opens its doors here.
Christians remain exposed to divine curse if guilty of the sins to which it appertains—not the curse of condemnation for believers, but the curse retained on record for those who practice wickedness.
He visits rebellious generations with four gifts: the call—spoken through prophets, apostles, and conscience itself, articulated in earthquake and storm; the stretched hands—an open path to the Father with no obstruction, no forbidding, no upbraiding; the counsel—specifically directed at those...
This divine knowledge produces fourfold effects: it stimulates spiritual activity, restrains from transgression, excites desire for pardon, and braces the soul in duty.
The righteous possess *phos* — light itself, drawn from Elohim, the "Father of lights." This illumination burns with joy because it originates beyond the soul, inexhaustible as the sun traversing its course without weariness or exhaustion.
Man, as a fallen being with alienated affections and distorted views, requires precise Divine direction.
Strangers with thee *in life*: Those united in Christ alone are united in truth; all other bonds fracture under ultimate scrutiny.
In these proverbs of purity, the wise man personifies wisdom's rival standing in earth's great thoroughfares, bidding simple youth to shameful pleasures along the broad and crowded way.
When Elohim grants what the wicked most desire, they perish in its very embrace.
Proverbs 13:22 reveals that human happiness depends far less upon external conditions than upon personal virtues.
The book of nature and providence lies open to all humanity, yet the heathen philosophers shamefully wandered from it, erring grossly in their pursuit of vile affections.
Fear here is a comprehensive notion encompassing all duties owed to Elohim principally, and to the king subordinately.
The structure of this obligation reveals three essential truths.
Not merely those claiming natural sincerity—the apostle Paul himself believed himself righteous before conversion, yet his uprightness crumbled under God's holy light.
The subject—"a man's ways"—encompasses his entire carriage through life: thoughts, speeches, and actions combined.
The term "perfect" (*tam*) means not faultless but whole-hearted, one who consciously withholds nothing from God.
All men walk in paths as different as the characters they sustain—saints or sinners—yet sinners remain insensible to the objects leading them toward ruin.
We recoil from the depths of human depravity described here, yet the lesson cuts deeper than scandal.