Category Archives: – Thru the Bible Series

We began this series on January 11, 2017 and continues to this day.

It chronicles our ongoing trek through the Bible beginning in Genesis, though our trek has not followed a 100% traditional order.

We have attempted to keep books whose contents are related in time, as much together as possible with some noteworth exceptions.

The specific chapters covered are NOT usually part of the title of each post making specific scriptures a little tricky to find by a simple “search”.

To compensate for that we have a page dedicated to this series which lists each of the scriptures we’ve covered so far as a link. It is our hope that this will help aid you in your studies….God Bless!

Scrutinize praise proverbs 27

It is Wisdom to scrutinize Praise!

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Tonight’s chapter in Proverbs is one of the simplest we have yet encountered. Its wisdom ranges from just solid common sense and good advice to instruction which is both practical and well thought through.

Nearly the whole chapter is worded so clearly, that other than some simple commentary on a per verse basis, there are only two verses which I felt needed any real study. These are verses 9 and 21. 

Verse 9 is just a simple clarification and personal disclaimer whereas verse 21 does offer more than one possible meaning regarding scrutinizing praise. So I felt as if we would benefit from spending a little time on it.

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Meddling Proverbs 26

Meddling in someone else’s argument is like…

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This chapter offers guidance on very practical matters, includes a few nice little proverbial puzzles to solve as well as a comical illustration of a stone and a sling.

One of the puzzles deal with silver being used as a glaze on some cheap clay pots and another regards two paradoxical statements regarding whether to and how to answer a fool. This last one employs some rich combinations of parallelism which adds both to the intrigue and the mystery of the verse’s wisdom.

I hope you enjoy the teaching as much as I enjoyed studying it out.

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God Conceal King Reveal Proverbs 25

It’s God’s glory to conceal & a King’s glory to search out

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This begins the 3rd section within the greater book of Proverbs which ranges from chapter 25-29.

This chapter covers many topics but the three which drew us deeper into them were…

• About it being the glory of God to conceal matters and the glory of Kings to search them out.
• Giving bread and water to your enemy because it will heap coals of fire on his head and God will reward you for it.
• Being careful about bringing your neighbor to court.

The proverb about concealing and searching revealed some interesting insights, placing one more puzzle piece in the great mosaic of God’s purposes in this life.

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Wise Sayings

These are also the sayings of the Wise…

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Thru the Bible: Proverbs 24

This proverb contains a statement which I have never personally heard used in its given context. It says, “…the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.”

The context is not regarding sin at all which is how it is typically used. No, the saying is less about the righteous and more TO the wicked. it is a warning to them to not attempt to come against the righteous, but to consider them. IF the righteous fall or find themselves as prey to the wicked, they will never fail to rise again. But if the wicked fall, it will be to their destruction. So the wicked are being advised to consider the end of the righteous man and amend their ways.

Then the next two verses are to the righteous, warning THEM not to take delight in the destruction of the wicked. If we do God may very well turn from judging them and bless them instead, and turn His anger towards you in chastisement.

While the typical use of this verse is a truism – it is true that if a righteous person falls into sin, even seven times – each time they will repent, get up and continue on in their race. Nevertheless, this warning to the wicked and the righteous is even more instructional and shows God’s concern for both.

He IS good!

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Proverbs 23

If you linger, it bites back!

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There is much in this chapter about wealth, the pursuit of it, the rich and the political elite as well as the dangers of yielding to the appetites of the flesh.

These are the recurring themes, while other singular wise saying are peppered throughout, these appear to have been primary on Solomon’s mind.

This chapter ends with a warning about lingering long over alcohol. It is not a prohibition against it, anymore than gluttony is a demonizing of food. It is both the abuse of alcohol and its underpinning drive which is ALWAYS an attempt to find answers outside of intimacy with God. This is why the scriptures encourage believers to “not be drunk with wine, but by filled with the Holy Spirit”.

Contrary to how this sounds, the idea of ‘filled’ means controlled by. If we would put to death the deeds of the body by the power and influence of the Holy Spirit we would LIVE!

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