Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Good Morning today is Tuesday 11.30.2010
Teach me oh God to understand your ways.
So I can:
· Think like you
· See like you
· Hear like you
· Feel like you
· Know You.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
~Gary
Psalm 119
Psalm 119 (New King James Version)
Psalm 119
× ALEPH
1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way,Who walk in the law of the LORD!
2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies,
Who seek Him with the whole heart!
3 They also do no iniquity;
They walk in His ways.
4 You have commanded us
To keep Your precepts diligently.
5 Oh, that my ways were directed
To keep Your statutes!
6 Then I would not be ashamed,
When I look into all Your commandments.
7 I will praise You with uprightness of heart,
When I learn Your righteous judgments.
8 I will keep Your statutes;
Oh, do not forsake me utterly!
Monday, November 29, 2010
BRITAIN TODAY
How long will we sit back and let this happen?
Will we get on our knees and pray?
Will we just say it won't happen in America
Will we get on our knees and pray?
Will we just say it won't happen in America
Good Morning Monday 11.29.2010
Lift up your head and rejoice we have the Victory in Christ Jesus.
Once we are covered in His blood we are free from Sin.
What God has set free is free indeed.
Praise God!
Want to know more about this freedom.
Look up John 3:16
You too can have this freedom.
How?
Just ask God.
No, you’re not too bad to be forgiven.
God already knows what you did.
Guess what.
He still loves you.
You see, God separates the person form what they did.
He may not like what you did, but He always loves you.
Confess Jesus with your mouth and you will be saved
John 3:14-21
14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”[g]
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.
21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
Come and join us in His Love, Light and protection.
~ Gary
Psalm 10
Psalm 10 (New King James Version)
Psalm 10
A Song of Confidence in God’s Triumph over Evil
1 Why do You stand afar off, O LORD?Why do You hide in times of trouble?
2 The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
3 For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire;
He blesses the greedy and renounces the LORD.
4 The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God;
God is in none of his thoughts.
5 His ways are always prospering;
Your judgments are far above, out of his sight;
As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.
6 He has said in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
I shall never be in adversity.”
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.
8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
In the secret places he murders the innocent;
His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.
9 He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den;
He lies in wait to catch the poor;
He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
10 So he crouches, he lies low,
That the helpless may fall by his strength.
11 He has said in his heart,
“God has forgotten;
He hides His face;
He will never see.”
12 Arise, O LORD!
O God, lift up Your hand!
Do not forget the humble.
13 Why do the wicked renounce God?
He has said in his heart,
“You will not require an account.”
14 But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief,
To repay it by Your hand.
The helpless commits himself to You;
You are the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man;
Seek out his wickedness until You find none.
16 The LORD is King forever and ever;
The nations have perished out of His land.
17 LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will prepare their heart;
You will cause Your ear to hear,
18 To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
That the man of the earth may oppress no more.
psalm 10
Psalm 10 (The Message)
Psalm 10
Full of hot air, the wicked
are hot on the trail of the poor.
Trip them up, tangle them up
in their fine-tuned plots.
3-4 The wicked are windbags,
the swindlers have foul breath.
The wicked snub God,
their noses stuck high in the air.
Their graffiti are scrawled on the walls:
"Catch us if you can!" "God is dead."
5-6 They care nothing for what you think;
if you get in their way, they blow you off.
They live (they think) a charmed life:
"We can't go wrong. This is our lucky year!"
7-8 They carry a mouthful of hexes,
their tongues spit venom like adders.
They hide behind ordinary people,
then pounce on their victims.
9 They mark the luckless,
then wait like a hunter in a blind;
When the poor wretch wanders too close,
they stab him in the back.
10-11 The hapless fool is kicked to the ground,
the unlucky victim is brutally axed.
He thinks God has dumped him,
he's sure that God is indifferent to his plight.
12-13 Time to get up, God—get moving.
The luckless think they're Godforsaken.
They wonder why the wicked scorn God
and get away with it,
Why the wicked are so cocksure
they'll never come up for audit.
14 But you know all about it—
the contempt, the abuse.
I dare to believe that the luckless
will get lucky someday in you.
You won't let them down:
orphans won't be orphans forever.
15-16 Break the wicked right arms,
break all the evil left arms.
Search and destroy
every sign of crime.
God's grace and order wins;
godlessness loses.
17-18 The victim's faint pulse picks up;
the hearts of the hopeless pump red blood
as you put your ear to their lips.
Orphans get parents,
the homeless get homes.
The reign of terror is over,
the rule of the gang lords is ended.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Good Morning Sunday 11.28.2010
Who is able to dwell in Heaven with God?
Only those Covered and clensed by the Blood of Jesus.
No other way will work.
One way ...JESUS
Praise God for his provision!
In Christ,
~ Gary
Only those Covered and clensed by the Blood of Jesus.
No other way will work.
One way ...JESUS
Praise God for his provision!
In Christ,
~ Gary
Psalm 15
Psalm 15 (Amplified Bible)
Psalm 15
A Psalm of David.
1LORD, WHO shall dwell [temporarily] in Your tabernacle? Who shall dwell [permanently] on Your holy hill? 2He who walks and lives uprightly and blamelessly, who works rightness and justice and speaks and thinks the truth in his heart,3He who does not slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;
4In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he who honors those who fear the Lord (who revere and worship Him); who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
5[He who] does not put out his money for [a]interest [to one of his own people] and who will not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.(A)
Footnotes:
- Psalm 15:5 "Israel was originally not a mercantile people, and the law aimed at an equal diffusion of wealth, not at enriching some while others were poor. The spirit of the law still is obligatory--not to take advantage of a brother's distress to lend at interest ruinous to him--but the letter of the law is abrogated, and a loan at moderate interest is often of great service to the poor. Hence, it is referred to by our Lord in parables, apparently as a lawful as well as recognized usage. (Matt. 25:27; Luke 19:23)" (A.R. Fausset, Bible Encyclopedia and Dictionary).
Cross references:
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Pslam 29
Psalm 29 (Amplified Bible)
Psalm 29
A Psalm of David.
1[a]ASCRIBE TO the Lord, O sons of the mighty, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 2Give to the Lord the glory due to His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness or in holy array.3The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the Lord is upon many (great) waters.
4The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
5The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; yes, the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
6He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion (Mount Hermon) like a young, wild ox.
7The voice of the Lord splits and flashes forth forked lightning.
8The voice of the Lord makes the wilderness tremble; the Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
9The voice of the Lord makes the hinds bring forth their young, and His voice strips bare the forests, while in His temple everyone is saying, Glory!
10The Lord sat as King over the deluge; the Lord [still] sits as King [and] forever!
11The Lord will give [unyielding and impenetrable] strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.
Footnotes:
- Psalm 29:1 This psalm has been called "The Song of the Thunderstorm," a glorious psalm of praise sung during an earthshaking tempest which reminds the psalmist of the time of Noah and the deluge (see Ps. 29:10).
Good Morning Saturday 11.27.2010
God is with us no matter what we are going through.
Be encouraged God Loves YOU.
He created you to be here now.
Check out Acts 17:26-28
May the Peace and protection be on you for ever. Amen
Psalm 91
~ Gary
Be encouraged God Loves YOU.
He created you to be here now.
Check out Acts 17:26-28
May the Peace and protection be on you for ever. Amen
Psalm 91
~ Gary
psalm 132
Psalm 132 (Amplified Bible)
Psalm 132
A Song of Ascents.
1[a]LORD, [earnestly] remember to David's credit all his humiliations and hardships and endurance-- 2How he swore to the Lord and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:3Surely I will not enter my dwelling house or get into my bed--
4I will not permit my eyes to sleep or my eyelids to slumber,
5Until I have found a place for the Lord, a habitation for the Mighty One of Jacob.(A)
6Behold, at Ephratah we [first] heard of [the discovered ark]; we found it in the fields of the wood [at Kiriath-jearim].(B)
7Let us go into His tabernacle; let us worship at His footstool.
8Arise, O Lord, to Your resting-place, You and the ark [the symbol] of Your strength.
9Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness (right living and right standing with God); and let Your saints shout for joy!
10For Your servant David's sake, turn not away the face of Your anointed and reject not Your own king.
11The Lord swore to David in truth; He will not turn back from it: One of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.(C)
12If your children will keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their children also shall sit upon your throne forever.
13For the Lord has chosen Zion, He has desired it for His habitation:
14This is My resting-place forever [says the Lord]; here will I dwell, for I have desired it.
15I will surely and abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
16Her priests also will I clothe with salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
17There will I make a horn spring forth and bud for David; I have ordained and prepared a lamp for My anointed [fulfilling the promises of old].(D)
18His enemies will I clothe with shame, but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Good Morning Friday 11.26.2010
When everyone is tied up in looking for a bargain,
Let’s take a time out to see the best deal in town.
· Jesus paid the total cost.
· It is free but not cheap.
· What was the cost?
· His life and shed blood.
· What is it you ask?
· Salvation!
· Free to you but not without cost.
· How do I get it?
· Read John 3:16 (Amplified Bible)
· 16For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten ([a]unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.
~ Gary
Psalm 16
Psalm 16 (Amplified Bible)
Psalm 16
A Poem of David; [probably] intended to record memorable thoughts.
1KEEP and protect me, O God, for in You I have found refuge, and in You do I put my trust and hide myself. 2I say to the Lord, You are my Lord; I have no good beside or beyond You.3As for the godly (the saints) who are in the land, they are the excellent, the noble, and the glorious, in whom is all my delight.
4Their sorrows shall be multiplied who choose another god; their drink offerings of blood will I not offer or take their names upon my lips.
5The Lord is my chosen and assigned portion, my cup; You hold and maintain my lot.
6The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; yes, I have a good heritage.
7I will bless the Lord, Who has given me counsel; yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
8I have set the Lord continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9Therefore my heart is glad and my glory [my inner self] rejoices; my body too shall rest and confidently dwell in safety,
10For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the place of the dead), neither will You suffer Your holy one [Holy One] to see corruption.(A)
11You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.(B)
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Good Morning Its Thanksgiving Day 11.25.2010
As I sit down to write I am flooded with memories, some happy and some sad. It’s the beginning of the holiday season when so many people get together with Friends and family. I have on my screen saver a picture of my granddaughter sitting on her mom and dad’s bed watching some cartoon about dogs and of course she has one stuffed dog in each arm. She looks so cute. It makes me smile.
As we look back on happy memories let us remember the real reason for the season.
First we have Thanksgiving that’s a real no brainer. We gather to gather to eat turkey and or ham and yell at the TV because our favorite football team just made a touchdown. What is missing here? Oh yes let’s give thanks for everything we have but quickly because the gravy is getting cold and Uncle Paul get upset when the gravy is cold.
Then it’s Christmas and all the Lights and decorations are up and the smell of homemade treats waft in the air. We tear in to the gifts and grin at Uncle Frank and say thanks for the electric sox’s even though you live in Florida and are already planning to exchange them on what our Canadian friends call Boxing Day.
This year let’s stop and put some thought in what we are doing. Let’s look at just how blessed we are. It is easy to pick out everything that is wrong or missing. But this year let’s truly take the time and look around us and count our blessing and look at all the things we need to thank God for.
Here comes the corny part. Remember the song Count you blessing count them one by one…
Even Christmas when we think about it is based on gratitude and thanks for what God did for us.
God master of everything loved us so much He made a way for us to be justified back to Him.
What is the way you may ask?
Jesus is the way!
He came to earth as a baby grew up like we did with all the pressures of normal children and as Jesus grew in to adulthood he was tempted in all things as we are but He did not sin.
Jesus then suffered and Died for us and was resurrected.
He now sits at the right hand of the Father and intercedes for us.
Knowing we would need some help Jesus told us the Holy Spirit would be here on earth to be our comforter.
So we have an ever present helper here with us till Jesus come back.
~ Gary
Proverb 25
Proverbs 25 (New American Standard Bible)
Proverbs 25
Similitudes, Instructions
1These also are (A)proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed.2It is the glory of God to (B)conceal a matter,
But the glory of (C)kings is to search out a matter.
3As the heavens for height and the earth for depth,
So the heart of kings is unsearchable.
4Take away the (D)dross from the silver,
And there comes out a vessel for the (E)smith;
5Take away the (F)wicked before the king,
And his (G)throne will be established in righteousness.
6Do not claim honor in the presence of the king,
And do not stand in the place of great men;
7For (H)it is better that it be said to you, "Come up here,"
Than for you to be placed lower in the presence of the prince,
Whom your eyes have seen.
8Do not go out (I)hastily to argue your case;
Otherwise, what will you do in the end,
When your neighbor humiliates you?
9(J)Argue your case with your neighbor,
And (K)do not reveal the secret of another,
10Or he who hears it will reproach you,
And the evil report about you will not pass away.
11Like apples of gold in settings of silver
Is a (L)word spoken in right circumstances.
12Like an (M)earring of gold and an (N)ornament of (O)fine gold
Is a wise reprover to a (P)listening ear.
13Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest
Is a (Q)faithful messenger to those who send him,
For he refreshes the soul of his masters.
14Like (R)clouds and (S)wind without rain
Is a man who boasts of his gifts falsely.
15By (T)forbearance a ruler may be persuaded,
And a soft tongue breaks the bone.
16Have you (U)found honey? Eat only what you need,
That you not have it in excess and vomit it.
17Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor's house,
Or he will become weary of you and hate you.
18Like a club and a (V)sword and a sharp (W)arrow
Is a man who bears (X)false witness against his neighbor.
19Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot
Is confidence in a (Y)faithless man in time of trouble.
20Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar on soda,
Is he who sings songs to a troubled heart.
21(Z)If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22For you will heap burning coals on his head,
And (AA)the LORD will reward you.
23The north wind brings forth rain,
And a (AB)backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.
24It is (AC)better to live in a corner of the roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
25Like cold water to a weary soul,
So is (AD)good news from a distant land.
26Like a (AE)trampled spring and a polluted well
Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
27It is not good to eat much honey,
Nor is it glory to (AF)search out one's own glory.
28Like a (AG)city that is broken into and without walls
Is a man (AH)who has no control over his spirit.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Prayer request
Good Morning Wednesday 11.24.2010
As we get ready for our Thanksgiving Dinner lots of folks are cooking and preparing for the big meal. Let’s take the time to prepare for the giving thanks part also.
I had a dream last night:
I dreamed I was in my grandmother’s kitchen with her and she was at the stove cooking something. Then all of a sudden she turned in to a middle aged man and as I was looking at him I ask who are you? The man said who do I look like? As I looked at him I said you look like a carpenter as I said that the man was gone. Suddenly flashing red lights and a siren went off then a lady was there we looked at each other and I thought Grandma needs help and I began to pray. The lady with me said lets go. Then I woke up.
Dream book states:
Kitchen = preparation of spiritual food.
My conclusions:
Carpenter = Jesus
Red lights and siren = urgent help needed
Lady = Angel
Let’s go = Action required.
As we make plans to give thanks to God, Let us prepare in the spirit and take action with urgency. After all we are His hands and feet.
We are all messengers of the Truth of God’s word.
So let’s prepare our spiritual food and send it out with urgency and with the love of Jesus, because the greatest commandment is to Love one another.
Jesus loves us so much he cleansed us with His blood.
This Holiday season I can think of no greater gift than to share the Love of Jesus and to add souls to the Kingdom.
~Gary
Psalm 116
Psalm 116 (New International Version, ©2010)
Psalm 116
1 I love the LORD, for he heard my voice;he heard my cry for mercy.
2 Because he turned his ear to me,
I will call on him as long as I live. 3 The cords of death entangled me,
the anguish of the grave came over me;
I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
4 Then I called on the name of the LORD:
“LORD, save me!”
5 The LORD is gracious and righteous;
our God is full of compassion.
6 The LORD protects the unwary;
when I was brought low, he saved me.
7 Return to your rest, my soul,
for the LORD has been good to you.
8 For you, LORD, have delivered me from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling,
9 that I may walk before the LORD
in the land of the living.
10 I trusted in the LORD when I said,
“I am greatly afflicted”;
11 in my alarm I said,
“Everyone is a liar.”
12 What shall I return to the LORD
for all his goodness to me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the LORD.
14 I will fulfill my vows to the LORD
in the presence of all his people.
15 Precious in the sight of the LORD
is the death of his faithful servants.
16 Truly I am your servant, LORD;
I serve you just as my mother did;
you have freed me from my chains.
17 I will sacrifice a thank offering to you
and call on the name of the LORD.
18 I will fulfill my vows to the LORD
in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts of the house of the LORD—
in your midst, Jerusalem.
Praise the LORD.
Proverb 24
Proverbs 24 (New International Version, ©2010)
Proverbs 24
Saying 201 Do not envy the wicked,
do not desire their company;
2 for their hearts plot violence,
and their lips talk about making trouble.
Saying 21
3 By wisdom a house is built,
and through understanding it is established;
4 through knowledge its rooms are filled
with rare and beautiful treasures.
Saying 22
5 The wise prevail through great power,
and those who have knowledge muster their strength.
6 Surely you need guidance to wage war,
and victory is won through many advisers.
Saying 23
7 Wisdom is too high for fools;
in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.
Saying 24
8 Whoever plots evil
will be known as a schemer.
9 The schemes of folly are sin,
and people detest a mocker.
Saying 25
10 If you falter in a time of trouble,
how small is your strength!
11 Rescue those being led away to death;
hold back those staggering toward slaughter.
12 If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,”
does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who guards your life know it?
Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?
Saying 26
13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good;
honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:
If you find it, there is a future hope for you,
and your hope will not be cut off.
Saying 27
15 Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous,
do not plunder their dwelling place;
16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,
but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.
Saying 28
17 Do not gloat when your enemy falls;
when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,
18 or the LORD will see and disapprove
and turn his wrath away from them.
Saying 29
19 Do not fret because of evildoers
or be envious of the wicked,
20 for the evildoer has no future hope,
and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
Saying 30
21 Fear the LORD and the king, my son,
and do not join with rebellious officials,
22 for those two will send sudden destruction on them,
and who knows what calamities they can bring?
Further Sayings of the Wise
23 These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good:24 Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,”
will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.
25 But it will go well with those who convict the guilty,
and rich blessing will come on them.
26 An honest answer
is like a kiss on the lips.
27 Put your outdoor work in order
and get your fields ready;
after that, build your house.
28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause—
would you use your lips to mislead?
29 Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me;
I’ll pay them back for what they did.”
30 I went past the field of a sluggard,
past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
31 thorns had come up everywhere,
the ground was covered with weeds,
and the stone wall was in ruins.
32 I applied my heart to what I observed
and learned a lesson from what I saw:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
34 and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
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In Acts 17: 24-27 God tells us he chose us to live in this day and time.
He also chose very carefully the place on this earth he wanted us to live.
Let’s look at it in His word:
Acts 17: 24-27
24The God Who produced and formed the world and all things in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade shrines.
25Neither is He served by human hands, as though He lacked anything, for it is He Himself Who gives life and breath and all things to all [people].(A)
26And He made from one [common origin, one source, one blood] all nations of men to settle on the face of the earth, having definitely determined [their] allotted periods of time and the fixed boundaries of their habitation (their settlements, lands, and abodes),
27So that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after Him and find Him, although He is not far from each one of us.
When I read that a few days ago it seemed to speak to me. “
God picked Gary to live in Huntsville Alabama today November 23, 2010”
Put your name and town in place of mine and see what I am saying.
God picked us to live now because he knew we were well suited to do what He wanted done.
Praise God!
May the blessings of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit be with you always.
~ Gary
Psalm 141
Psalm 141
An Evening Prayer for Sanctification and Protection.
A Psalm of David.
1O LORD, I call upon You; (A)hasten to me!(B)Give ear to my voice when I call to You!
2May my prayer be counted as (C)incense before You;
The (D)lifting up of my hands as the (E)evening offering.
3Set a (F)guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the (G)door of my lips.
4(H)Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice deeds of wickedness
With men who (I)do iniquity;
And (J)do not let me eat of their delicacies.
5Let the (K)righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me;
It is (L)oil upon the head;
Do not let my head refuse it,
For still my prayer (M)is against their wicked deeds.
6Their judges are (N)thrown down by the sides of the rock,
And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.
7As when one (O)plows and breaks open the earth,
Our (P)bones have been scattered at the (Q)mouth of Sheol.
8For my (R)eyes are toward You, O GOD, the Lord;
In You I (S)take refuge; (T)do not leave me defenseless.
9Keep me from the (U)jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the (V)snares of those who do iniquity.
10Let the wicked (W)fall into their own nets,
While I pass by (X)safely.
Proverb 23
Proverbs 23 (New American Standard Bible)
Proverbs 23
On Life and Conduct
1When you sit down to dine with a ruler,Consider carefully what is before you,
2And put a knife to your throat
If you are a (A)man of great appetite.
3Do not (B)desire his delicacies,
For it is deceptive food.
4(C)Do not weary yourself to gain wealth,
(D)Cease from your consideration of it.
5When you set your eyes on it, it is gone.
For (E)wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
6(F)Do not eat the bread of a (G)selfish man,
Or desire his delicacies;
7For as he thinks within himself, so he is.
He says to you, "Eat and drink!"
But (H)his heart is not with you.
8You will (I)vomit up the morsel you have eaten,
And waste your compliments.
9(J)Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
For he will (K)despise the wisdom of your words.
10Do not move the ancient boundary
Or (L)go into the fields of the fatherless,
11For their (M)Redeemer is strong;
(N)He will plead their case against you.
12Apply your heart to discipline
And your ears to words of knowledge.
13(O)Do not hold back discipline from the child,
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
14You shall strike him with the rod
And (P)rescue his soul from Sheol.
15My son, if your heart is (Q)wise,
My own heart also will be glad;
16And my inmost being will rejoice
When your lips speak (R)what is right.
17(S)Do not let your heart envy sinners,
But live in the (T)fear of the LORD always.
18Surely there is a (U)future,
And your (V)hope will not be cut off.
19Listen, my son, and (W)be wise,
And (X)direct your heart in the way.
20Do not be with (Y)heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with (Z)gluttonous eaters of meat;
21For the (AA)heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And (AB)drowsiness will clothe one with rags.
22(AC)Listen to your father who begot you,
And (AD)do not despise your mother when she is old.
23(AE)Buy truth, and do not sell it,
Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And (AF)he who sires a wise son will be glad in him.
25Let your (AG)father and your mother be glad,
And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.
26(AH)Give me your heart, my son,
And let your eyes (AI)delight in my ways.
27For a harlot is a (AJ)deep pit
And an (AK)adulterous woman is a narrow well.
28Surely she (AL)lurks as a robber,
And increases the faithless among men.
29Who has (AM)woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
30Those who (AN)linger long over wine,
Those who go to taste (AO)mixed wine.
31Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it (AP)goes down smoothly;
32At the last it (AQ)bites like a serpent
And stings like a (AR)viper.
33Your eyes will see strange things
And your mind will (AS)utter perverse things.
34And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea,
Or like one who lies down on the top of a [a]mast.
35"They (AT)struck me, but I did not become ill;
They beat me, but I did not know it
When shall I awake?
I will (AU)seek another drink."
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