Proverbs 24

Proverbs 24 (New American Standard Bible)

Proverbs 24
Precepts and Warnings
1Do not be (A)envious of evil men,
Nor desire to (B)be with them;
2For their minds devise (C)violence,
And their lips (D)talk of trouble.
3(E)By wisdom a house is built,
And by understanding it is established;
4And by knowledge the rooms are (F)filled
With all precious and pleasant riches.
5A (G)wise man is strong,
And a man of knowledge increases power.
6For (H)by wise guidance you will wage war,
And (I)in abundance of counselors there is victory.
7Wisdom is (J)too exalted for a fool,
He does not open his mouth (K)in the gate.
8One who (L)plans to do evil,
Men will call a schemer.
9The (M)devising of folly is sin,
And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
10If you (N)are slack in the day of distress,
Your strength is limited.
11(O)Deliver those who are being taken away to death,
And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold them back.
12If you say, "See, we did not know this,"
Does He not (P)consider it (Q)who weighs the hearts?
And (R)does He not know it who (S)keeps your soul?
And will He not (T)render to man according to his work?
13My son, eat (U)honey, for it is good,
Yes, the (V)honey from the comb is sweet to your taste;
14Know that (W)wisdom is thus for your soul;
If you find it, then there will be a (X)future,
And your hope will not be cut off.
15(Y)Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
Do not destroy his resting place;
16For a (Z)righteous man falls seven times, and rises again,
But the (AA)wicked stumble in time of calamity.
17(AB)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
18Or the LORD will see it and be displeased,
And turn His anger away from him.
19(AC)Do not fret because of evildoers
Or be (AD)envious of the wicked;
20For (AE)there will be no (AF)future for the evil man;
The (AG)lamp of the wicked will be put out.
21My son, (AH)fear the LORD and the king;
Do not associate with those who are given to change,
22For their (AI)calamity will rise suddenly,
And who knows the ruin that comes from both of them?
23These also are (AJ)sayings of the wise
To (AK)show partiality in judgment is not good.
24He (AL)who says to the wicked, "You are righteous,"
(AM)Peoples will curse him, nations will abhor him;
25But (AN)to those who rebuke the wicked will be delight,
And a good blessing will come upon them.
26He kisses the lips
Who gives a right answer.
27Prepare your work outside
And (AO)make it ready for yourself in the field;
Afterwards, then, build your house.
28Do not be a (AP)witness against your neighbor without cause,
And (AQ)do not deceive with your lips.
29(AR)Do not say, "Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work."
30I passed by the field of the sluggard
And by the vineyard of the man (AS)lacking sense,
31And behold, it was completely (AT)overgrown with thistles;
Its surface was covered with (AU)nettles,
And its stone (AV)wall was broken down.
32When I saw, I reflected upon it;
I looked, and received instruction.
33"(AW)A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest,"
34Then your poverty will come as a robber
And your want like an armed man.

Cross references:

1. Proverbs 24:1 : Ps 37:1; Prov 3:31; 23:17; 24:19
2. Proverbs 24:1 : Ps 1:1; Prov 1:15
3. Proverbs 24:2 : Is 30:12; Jer 22:17
4. Proverbs 24:2 : Job 15:35; Ps 10:7; 38:12
5. Proverbs 24:3 : Prov 9:1; 14:1
6. Proverbs 24:4 : Prov 8:21
7. Proverbs 24:5 : Prov 21:22
8. Proverbs 24:6 : Prov 20:18
9. Proverbs 24:6 : Prov 11:14
10. Proverbs 24:7 : Ps 10:5; Prov 14:6; 17:16
11. Proverbs 24:7 : Job 5:4; Ps 127:5
12. Proverbs 24:8 : Prov 6:14; 14:22; Rom 1:30
13. Proverbs 24:9 : Matt 15:19; Acts 8:22
14. Proverbs 24:10 : Deut 20:8; Job 4:5; Jer 51:46; Heb 12:3
15. Proverbs 24:11 : Ps 82:4; Is 58:6, 7
16. Proverbs 24:12 : Eccl 5:8
17. Proverbs 24:12 : 1 Sam 16:7; Prov 21:2
18. Proverbs 24:12 : Ps 94:9-11
19. Proverbs 24:12 : Ps 121:3-8
20. Proverbs 24:12 : Job 34:11; Prov 12:14
21. Proverbs 24:13 : Ps 19:10; 119:103; Prov 25:16; Song 5:1
22. Proverbs 24:13 : Prov 16:24; 27:7; Song 4:11
23. Proverbs 24:14 : Prov 2:10
24. Proverbs 24:14 : Prov 23:18
25. Proverbs 24:15 : Ps 10:9, 10
26. Proverbs 24:16 : Job 5:19; Ps 37:24; Mic 7:8
27. Proverbs 24:16 : Prov 6:15; 14:32; 24:22; Jer 18:17
28. Proverbs 24:17 : Job 31:29; Ps 35:15, 19; Prov 17:5; Obad 12
29. Proverbs 24:19 : Ps 37:1
30. Proverbs 24:19 : Prov 23:17; 24:1
31. Proverbs 24:20 : Job 15:31
32. Proverbs 24:20 : Prov 23:18
33. Proverbs 24:20 : Job 18:5, 6; 21:17; Prov 13:9; 20:20
34. Proverbs 24:21 : Rom 13:1-7; 1 Pet 2:17
35. Proverbs 24:22 : Prov 24:16
36. Proverbs 24:23 : Prov 1:6; 22:17
37. Proverbs 24:23 : Prov 18:5; 28:21
38. Proverbs 24:24 : Prov 17:15; Is 5:23
39. Proverbs 24:24 : Prov 11:26
40. Proverbs 24:25 : Prov 28:23
41. Proverbs 24:27 : Prov 27:23-27
42. Proverbs 24:28 : Prov 25:18
43. Proverbs 24:28 : Lev 6:2, 3; 19:11; Eph 4:25
44. Proverbs 24:29 : Prov 20:22; Matt 5:39; Rom 12:17
45. Proverbs 24:30 : Prov 6:32
46. Proverbs 24:31 : Gen 3:18
47. Proverbs 24:31 : Job 30:7
48. Proverbs 24:31 : Is 5:5
49. Proverbs 24:33 : Prov 6:10






There is nothing else to say. Just let this passage condemn you and pray to God to forgive you. In Jesus' name. Amen!

Nervousness

Last night it finally hit me...I got nervous thinking about moving to Idaho...and that's SO weird. Hmmm....that's Devil, but you can go away and STAY away. I don't need you making my decision to following Christ where He called me.

Devil I have these words for you: STAY OUT OF MY WAY...I'M NOT AFRAID OF YOU...I'LL MAKE SURE JESUS SQUASHES YOU LIKE A BUG. :) :P

Haiti

We all just need to take a moment out of our busy lives to pray for those affected by the tragity that struck the country of Haiti (and those who are tied to that country).

Father God, I pray that you bring peace to those who are affected by the earthquake in Haiti. Father bless each mother, father, child, American and other peoples that live, work and are associated in any way with Haiti. Thank you Jesus and that there are survivors. In Jesus name. Amen.

Deuteronomy 13

Deuteronomy 13 (NASB)
Shun Idolatry
1"(A)If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,
2and the sign or the wonder comes true, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, '(B)Let us go after other gods (whom you have not known) and let us serve them,'

3you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is (C)testing you to find out if (D)you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

4"(E)You shall follow the LORD your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and (F)cling to Him.

5"But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be (G)put to death, because he has counseled rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, (H)to seduce you from the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to walk (I)So you shall purge the evil from among you.

6"(J)If your brother, your mother's son, or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your friend who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, '(K)Let us go and serve other gods' (whom neither you nor your fathers have known,

7of the gods of the peoples who are around you, near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other end),

8(L)you shall not yield to him or listen to him; (M)and your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare or conceal him.

9"(N)But you shall surely kill him; (O)your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

10"So you shall stone him to death because he has sought (P)to seduce you from the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

11"Then (Q)all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.

12"If you hear in one of your cities, which the LORD your God is giving you to live in, anyone saying that

13some worthless men have gone out from among you and have seduced the inhabitants of their city, saying, '(R)Let us go and serve other gods' (whom you have not known),

14then you shall investigate and search out and inquire thoroughly. If it is true and the matter established that this abomination has been done among you,

15(S)you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying it and all that is in it and its cattle with the edge of the sword.

16"(T)Then you shall gather all its booty into the middle of its open square and burn the city and all its booty with fire as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God; and it shall be a (U)ruin forever. It shall never be rebuilt.

17"Nothing from that which is put under the ban shall cling to your hand, in order that the LORD may turn from (V)His burning anger and (W)show mercy to you, and have compassion on you and (X)make you increase, just (Y)as He has sworn to your fathers,

18if you will listen to the voice of the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments which I am commanding you today, and doing what is right in the sight of the LORD your God.


Cross references:
Deuteronomy 13:1 : Matt 24:24; Mark 13:22; 2 Thess 2:9
Deuteronomy 13:2 : Deut 13:6, 13
Deuteronomy 13:3 : Ex 20:20; Deut 8:2, 16; 1 Cor 11:19
Deuteronomy 13:3 : Deut 6:5
Deuteronomy 13:4 : 2 Kin 23:3; 2 Chr 34:31; 2 John 6
Deuteronomy 13:4 : Deut 10:20
Deuteronomy 13:5 : Deut 13:9, 15; 17:5; 1 Kin 18:40
Deuteronomy 13:5 : Deut 4:19; 13:10
Deuteronomy 13:5 : 1 Cor 5:13
Deuteronomy 13:6 : Deut 17:2-7; 29:18
Deuteronomy 13:6 : Deut 13:2
Deuteronomy 13:8 : Prov 1:10
Deuteronomy 13:8 : Deut 7:2
Deuteronomy 13:9 : Deut 13:5
Deuteronomy 13:9 : Lev 24:14; Deut 17:7
Deuteronomy 13:10 : Deut 13:5
Deuteronomy 13:11 : Deut 19:20
Deuteronomy 13:13 : Deut 13:2
Deuteronomy 13:15 : Deut 13:5
Deuteronomy 13:16 : Deut 7:25, 26
Deuteronomy 13:16 : Josh 8:28; Is 17:1; 25:2; Jer 49:2
Deuteronomy 13:17 : Ex 32:12; Num 25:4
Deuteronomy 13:17 : Deut 30:3
Deuteronomy 13:17 : Deut 7:13
Deuteronomy 13:17 : Gen 22:17; 26:4, 24; 28:14
New American Standard Bible (NASB)




I know most people wouldn't quote this scripture to today's society regarding Idols. But there is something I am certain: God still views idoltry the same way then in Moses day as He does now.
Just don't do it: that's as simple as that....although nowadays you may not idol with another god, you might do it with Facebook, Myspace, television...when you start to realize that you are idolizing things other than God, take time to pray and ask for forgiveness.....this is something I need to do right now.

My biggest thing right now is Family Guy.
Such a funny show to wind down and eliminate my stress, but when I lose my stress I don't pick up my Bible and read and meditate....I watch another episode or hop on Facebook or continue to write my novella which I am going to (maybe) start chapter 7 tomorrow.

Anyway...just remember....DON'T put ANYTHING before God.....God is a jealous God.


Exodus 20:4-6 (New International Version)

4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments.


God bless guys!
Cody Marie Bolton

Wow. 2010...

This year is finally here. If you have known me for pretty much any length of time you will know that I have been talking about this year for some time know. 2010 the year that I'm moving to Idaho to go to Northwest Nazarene University...

It's now officially 2010.

This is a serious time of reflection for me. Everything that I have said over the last couple of years; can I really put my feet where my mouth is? Can I really do what God is calling me to do? This is the year that God has been praparing for me and it's finally here.

Wow.


Father God, I ask you that you please give me the stregth to survive this year spiritually, mentally and physically. In Jesus' name. Amen.