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Proverbs 9:2
2She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.
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We treat the present as though it shall never end, and eternity as though it shall never begin.
Yet Scripture is unambiguous: the heart (*leb* in Hebrew, the seat of will and intention) cannot be good while its practice remains evil.
Temporal possessions obtained in harmony with God's will and employed in benevolence produce genuine happiness.
We may lawfully wish for one another extended years; this desire is no infirmity.
Exell observes a crucial two-fold aspect in this verse: the same divine way operates as *strength* (Hebrew *maoz*, fortress) to the righteous and as ruin to the wicked.
Proverbs 10:24 unveils two destinies: "The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted." Who are the wicked?
Exell (1887) offers this Victorian meditation: We are not to expect permanence in our acquisitions.