Buy the truth and do not sell it— wisdom, instruction and insight as well.
The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!
My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways, for an adulterous woman is a deep pit, and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
Like a bandit she lies in wait and multiplies the unfaithful among men.
Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has strife? Who has complaints?
Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!
In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.
Your eyes will see strange sights, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging.
Proverbs 23:23-34 [NIV]
Yesterday we were looking Psalm 119, and the exhortation of David to pay heed to God's laws. Proverbs and Psalms quite often tie up, and that is true here. In today's passage, Proverbs 23 v23-34, the author picks out some of the practical aspects of yesterdays concept. There are some great phrases within this passage, red wine lovers should read v31.
Joking aside, it serves to validate a point. No matter where we choose to draw the line, is that line beyond the one that God draws? – that is the distinction we need to make in our lives. Are your lines the same as God's lines?
Richard Mason
Read the Bible in a year: Proverbs 24:23-34, Jeremiah 23:9-25:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:1-18
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