Proverbs 31:9 "Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the rights of all the afflicted and needy." open your mouth It is clear from this and other passages throughout the Old Testament and New Testament that a leader must speak out against injustice. The position of leader or king is such a concentrated place of power that the temptation to use power for selfish purposes is always present. One of the great temptations is to shut your mouth about what is right when it d
Proverbs 19:9 "A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who tells lies will perish." The kernels of truth that are contained in this proverb are so crucial to maintaining equilibrium in a sinful world where it looks like evil, selfishness, and sin triumph. The people who lie are often those who look like they are making the most progress. The skilled liar who can tell people what they want to hear makes fantastic progress at the beginning, and it seems that the honest p
Proverbs 22:8 "He who sows iniquity will reap vanity, and the rod of his fury will perish" sows This is the Hebrew word zara, which means to sow, scatter seed. The idea is that your life is like a field and your actions are the seeds that you are sowing in the field. Eventually you will enjoy or endure the crop that grows up based upon the seeds you have sown in the field. iniquity This is the Hebrew word awwal, which means unjust, unrighteous, contrary to what is right, to d