prudence

  • A Partial Truth

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces; unregarded, they perish forever.  Is their tent-cord not pulled out within them? They die, yet without wisdom. Job 4:20-21  NASB Without wisdom – Eliphaz is right about one thing.  We die without wisdom.  Not all the questions are answered.  Perhaps not even a few.  If ḥokmâ is the measure…

  • A Motivated Heart

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever mine.  Psalm 119:98  NASB Than – We need to pay close attention to the Hebrew text here. מֵאֹֽיְבַי תְּחַכְּמֵ֣נִי מִצְו‍ֹתֶ֑ךָ כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם הִיא־לִֽי The opening word is from the root ʾāyab (to be an enemy), but it is the preposition (the prefixed min) that…