Proverbs 9

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Proverbs 9
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Proverbs 10The fruit of wisdom and
foolishness contrasted
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The wise or foolish son

• (Prov 101 NKJV) The Proverbs of Solomon A wise
  son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the
  grief of his mother.

• (Prov 101 TLB) Happy is the man with a
  level-headed son sad the mother of a rebel.

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Take Action to Correct a Child

• (Prov 2215 NKJV) Foolishness is bound up in the
  heart of a child The rod of correction will
  drive it far from him.
• Foolishness seams to be the more accurate
  translation.

• (Prov 2215 TLB) A youngster's heart is
  filled with rebellion, but punishment will drive
  it out of him.

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Discipline is to be Serious

• (Prov 1918 NKJV) Chasten your son while there
  is hope, And do not set your heart on his
  destruction.

• (Prov 1918 KJV) Chasten thy son while there is
  hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

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Do not withhold correction

• (Prov 2313-14 NKJV) Do not withhold correction
  from a child, For if you beat him with a rod, he
  will not die. 14 You shall beat him with a rod,
  And deliver his soul from hell.

• (Prov 2313-14 NIV) Do not withhold discipline
  from a child if you punish him with the rod, he
  will not die. 14 Punish him with the rod and
  save his soul from death.

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Help Your Children Honor You.

• (Eph 62-3 NKJV) "Honor your father and mother,"
  which is the first commandment with promise 3
  "that it may be well with you and you may live
  long on the earth."

• (Exo 2012 NKJV) "Honor your father and your
  mother, that your days may be long upon the land
  which the LORD your God is giving you.

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Two aspects of training.

• (Prov 2915 TLB) Scolding and spanking a child
  helps him to learn. Left to himself, he brings
  shame to his mother.

• (Prov 2915 NASB) The rod and reproof give
  wisdom, But a child who gets his own way brings
  shame to his mother.

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Correct your son

• (Prov 2917 NKJV) Correct your son, and he will
  give you rest Yes, he will give delight to your
  soul.

• (Prov 2917 NIV) Discipline your son, and he
  will give you peace he will bring delight to
  your soul.

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Knowing God is Essential to Training

• (Prov 2918 NASB) Where there is no vision, the
  people are unrestrained, But happy is he who
  keeps the law.

• (Prov 2918 TLB) Where there is ignorance of
  God, crime runs wild but what a wonderful thing
  it is for a nation to know and keep his laws.

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• Children are
• like wet cement.
• Whatever falls on them makes an impression.  
• Ginnott, Haim

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Tough Love

• (Prov 1324 NKJV) He who spares his rod hates
  his son, But he who loves him disciplines him
  promptly.

• (Prov 1324 NCV) If you do not punish your
  children, you don't love them, but if you love
  your children, you will correct them.

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Wickedness is not profitable

• (Prov 102 NKJV/KJV) Treasures of wickedness
  profit nothing, But righteousness delivers from
  death.

• (Prov 102 TLB) Ill-gotten gain brings no
  lasting happiness right living does.

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God blesses the righteous

• (Prov 103 NKJV) The LORD will not allow the
  righteous soul to famish, But He casts away the
  desire of the wicked.

• (Prov 103 NIV) The LORD does not let the
  righteous go hungry but he thwarts the craving of
  the wicked.

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• God rewards hard work in this life.

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Hard work pays off

• (Prov 104 NKJV) He who has a slack hand becomes
  poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

• (Prov 104 NIV) Lazy hands make a man poor, but
  diligent hands bring wealth.

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Use the Moment

• (Prov 105 NKJV) He who gathers in summer is a
  wise son He who sleeps in harvest is a son who
  causes shame.

• (Prov 105 NIV) He who gathers crops in summer
  is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest
  is a disgraceful son.

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The Bible Fool

• Covered because of sin

• Albert Barnes

• (Prov 106 NKJV) Blessings are on the head of
  the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of
  the wicked.

• Covereth ... - The meaning is perhaps, the
  violence which the wicked has done is as a
  bandage over his mouth, reducing him to a silence
  and shame, like the condemned criminal Est_78,
  whose face is covered.

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Covering a criminals face

• (Est 78 NKJV) When the king returned from the
  palace garden to the place of the banquet of
  wine, Haman had fallen across the couch where
  Esther was. Then the king said, "Will he also
  assault the queen while I am in the house?" As
  the word left the king's mouth, they covered
  Haman's face.

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Righteousness leaves good memories

• (Prov 107 NKJV) The memory of the righteous is
  blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.

• (Prov 107 TLB) We all have happy memories of
  good men gone to their reward, but the names of
  wicked men stink after them.

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Wise men will listen to instructions

• (Prov 108 NKJV) The wise in heart will receive
  commands, But a prating fool will fall.

• (Prov 108 NIV) The wise in heart accept
  commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin.

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You will pay!

• (Prov 109 NKJV) He who walks with integrity
  walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will
  become known.

• (Prov 109 NCV) The honest person will live in
  safety, but the dishonest will be caught.

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It is a scripture!

• (Num 3223 NKJV) "But if you do not do so, then
  take note, you have sinned against the LORD and
  be sure your sin will find you out.

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Winking at sin is bad enough . . .

• (Prov 1010 NKJV) He who winks with the eye
  causes trouble, But a prating fool will fall.

• (Prov 1010 NCV) A wink may get you into
  trouble, and foolish talk will lead to your ruin.

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• The importance of what we say!

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Half the verse already covered.

• (Prov 1011 NKJV) The mouth of the righteous is
  a well of life, But violence covers the mouth of
  the wicked.

• (Prov 106 NKJV) Blessings are on the head of
  the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of
  the wicked.

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Its important what you say

• (Prov 1011 NKJV) The mouth of the righteous is
  a well of life, But violence covers the mouth of
  the wicked.

• (Mat 1234-37 NKJV) "Brood of vipers! How can
  you, being evil, speak good things? For out of
  the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

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Its important what you say

• (Mat 1234-37 NKJV) 35 "A good man out of the
  good treasure of his heart brings forth good
  things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure
  brings forth evil things. 36 "But I say to you
  that for every idle word men may speak, they will
  give account of it in the day of judgment. 37
  "For by your words you will be justified, and by
  your words you will be condemned."

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Be careful what you say

• (Prov 1013 NASB) On the lips of the discerning,
  wisdom is found, But a rod is for the back of him
  who lacks understanding.

• (Prov 1013 NCV) Smart people speak wisely, but
  people without wisdom should be punished.
• (They may say the wrong thing at the wrong time,
  or even slander.)

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Be careful what you say

• (Prov 1014 NKJV) Wise people store up
  knowledge, But the mouth of the foolish is near
  destruction.

• (Prov 1014 TLB) A wise man holds his tongue.
  Only a fool blurts out everything he knows that
  only leads to sorrow and trouble.

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James on the Tongue

• (James 31-10 NKJV) My brethren, let not many of
  you become teachers, knowing that we shall
  receive a stricter judgment. 2 For we all
  stumble in many things. If anyone does not
  stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also
  to bridle the whole body. 3 Indeed, we put bits
  in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we
  turn their whole body.

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James on the Tongue

• (James 31-10 NKJV) 4 Look also at ships
  although they are so large and are driven by
  fierce winds, they are turned by a very small
  rudder wherever the pilot desires. 5 Even so
  the tongue is a little member and boasts great
  things. See how great a forest a little fire
  kindles!

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James on the Tongue

• (James 31-10 NKJV) 6 And the tongue is a fire,
  a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among
  our members that it defiles the whole body, and
  sets on fire the course of nature and it is set
  on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of beast and
  bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is
  tamed and has been tamed by mankind.

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James on the Tongue

• (James 31-10 NKJV) 8 But no man can tame the
  tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly
  poison. 9 With it we bless our God and Father,
  and with it we curse men, who have been made in
  the similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth
  proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these
  things ought not to be so.

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