Life and Conduct
In this Post we have 5 Proverbs of Solomon that help us to know how we are to behave if we seek LongLife.
Starting and finishing with the 9th Commandment: Deuteronomy 5 : 20 ‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.’
On Life and Conduct
Proverbs 19
9 A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who tells lies will perish.
16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul,
But he who is careless of conduct will die.
23 The fear of the LORD leads to life,
So that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil.
Proverbs 20
2 The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion;
He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
Proverbs 21
6 The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death.
In today’s society telling lies is all to common place. From the young child on the playground to the worlds top leaders, all are caught in any number of lies. So why punish the child when he sees everybody doing it? Because we want our children to have LongLife, not to run down the road in pursuit of death.
The second verse includes all of the Ten Commandments and warns us not to be careless in our daily walk. Now we all know that we cannot always keep all of the Ten Commandments. It’s hard to get through even one day without breaking at least one, if not many. The idea here is to at least try, do not be careless, put some effort and thought into how you conduct your self. (Many sermons have been given on this subject. I will not do that here.)
The third verse is a reminder of what we learned in a previous Post, having a reverence and respect for God as one has for a loving earthly father. Not a shaking, scared type of fear but a fear that brings comforting sleep and protection.
And last but by no means least, in the USA we have many checks and balances set upon our leaders that protect us from direct, uninterrupted, personal retaliations. But in many parts of this world it is not so. Proverbs 20:2 is more for those folks who have to live in that type of situation where a ruler, it could be a local government official or even an actual dictator, can literally get away with murder. If one has to live under someone like that, short of moving to a better place, it is best to fly low and stay under cover if you are to gain LongLife.
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