Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Read Proverbs 2:10-12  These three verses are hard to understand, but they are good verses and tell us how to be a wise son or daughter.  Let's take these verses one at a time and break them down so that we can understand what they mean.  Verse 10 says that we should let wisdom enter down into our hearts.  We should let wisdom become part of us deep down inside.  Verse 10 goes on to say that we should make knowledge pleasant to our souls.  That means that we should like to learn things that are good.  Things that make us better children should become habits in our lives.  Verses 11 and 12 go together.  They are opposites and help us to understand each other.  Verse 11 talks about discretion and verse 12 talks about speaking froward things.  These are opposites.  We should use discretion - a good thing- and we should not speak froward things - bad things.  The Bible speaks often about the tongue. Our tongue is a little part of our body, yet it is a powerful part.  We should think before we say something.  Once we say something, it is out and we can't un-say it.  Once we say something, we can't take it back.  So we should think before we say something.  Have you ever said something that got you into trouble?  May be it was a lie.  Or may be it was an unkind thing.  Or it was hurtful words.  Verse 12 calls these careless words froward things.  Froward means words that got out of our lips before we thought about them.  Froward words are careless or hurtful or false or wicked.  Discretion in verse 11 means tat we are careful not to say froward words as in verse 12.  Please be careful and watch your words so that no wasted words will get out of your mouth.  Once you have said something - it is out.  It's too late.  You can't take it back no matter how much you would like to.  Wisdom in verse 10 means to be smart.  Discretion in verse 11 means to be careful.  And froward in verse 12 are careless words.  Don't let careless words get out of your mouth!

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