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Proverbs CHAPTER 1

1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

The King is expressing the huge benefit to be found in properly discerning and receiving correct learning in wisdom, life instruction, and learning to properly perceive life from a godly understanding.

Christians need a biblical worldview not a secular worldview. The only way to obtain a biblical worldview is to know what the Bible teaches and how to apply the Bible’s wisdom and principles.

It is pointed out that one must learn what wisdom, justice, judgement, and equity are and how to properly apply them.

“justice” in the Hebrew language means the following:

6664. צֶדֶק tsedeq, tseh’-dek; from 6663; the right (nat., mor. or legal); also (abstr.) equity or (fig.) prosperity:— × even, (× that which is altogether) just (-ice), ([un-]) right (-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness)

Therefore, to do “justice” in the eyes of God is to do what is right naturally, morally, and legally (the exception legally being if following the law causes us to sin against one of God’s principles found in His Word). It is to be fair and equitable in your dealing with people. To desire and promote the prosperity of all individuals in every situation. Keep in mind that prosperity does not solely apply to financial matter, we can prosper in our relationships, our health, our fruitfulness for God, etc. We are to seek “that which is altogether just, right, and righteous, to do so is to live justly and to do justice in each situation.

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Spiritual/Political Disclaimer:

This blog will not be for the faint of heart or the easily offended. It will not be in any way politically correct. It will make every effort to share the truth in love, [Ephesians 4:11-16], to a decaying and dying society and church. I share what I share not to hurt, harm, or offend any person[s] or group; I do it because Christ’s Standard and Truth is not being represented by enough of His Followers, and I do it out of love. I love enough to tell His Truth.

Ephesians 4:11-16 NKJV

¹¹And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, ¹²for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, ¹³till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; ¹⁴that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, ¹⁵but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— ¹⁶from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.