The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; he who would destroy himself does it. Proverbs 6:32 Lacking Sense – The perennial excuse for adultery is an appeal to the heart. “I was carried away by my heart.” “I had this great need for a heart companion.” “I just followed my heart.” …
The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; he who would destroy himself does it. Proverbs 6:32 Destroy – Hebrew poetry rhymes ideas. The first thought is elaborated in the second thought. In this verse, both phrases are about the same action – adultery. The proverb teaches us that adultery is stupid…
Bring us back, our Father, to Your Torah, and bring us near, our King, to Your service, and influence us to return in perfect repentance before You. Shemoneh Esrei hashivanu Influence – You aren’t going to find this verse in the Bible. It’s from the Amidah, the Shemoneh Esrei, the morning prayer of the Jews. …
In labor there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. Proverbs 14:23 Mere Talk – In Hebrew, nothing is real. Okay, that’s a bit confusing. What I mean is that the concept of “nothing” also has a certain reality. Nothing isn’t no-thing. It’s not the kind of empty, non-existent thing that we associate…
And God said, “Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and for years. And let them be for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it…
But He said this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do. John 6:6 Test – Let’s see. I’m not to test God. That’s an insult to His sovereignty. But God can test me. He did so with Abraham. Here Yeshua tests Philip. The Greek is peirazo, a verb that means…
“For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote of Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My word?” John 5:46-47 His Writings – What is the plain sense of Yeshua’s statement? If you believe what Moses wrote, you would believe what I am saying, but…
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 Power – God gives me dunamis. And what does “power” mean to me? It means ability, capacity, vigor, strength and will. The basis of our words “dynamite” and “dynamic” come from this Greek root. Explosive…
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace might increase? May it never be! Romans 6:1-2 Continue – “I’m saved. I’ll go to heaven when I die. Jesus’ death guarantees it. Why should I worry about all those Old Testament rules. I’m under grace. Rules don’t save me, God does.”…
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, Romans 5:1 Justified By Faith – It’s extremely unfortunate that Cardinal Hugo and Joseph Athias divided the Bible up into chapters (introduced about 1240 AD) and Arabic numeral verses (introduced in 1661). While such conventions became necessary for technological…
