Proverbs 15

The Lord has been very gracious, to me, to many of mankind. Yay to simon fraser! :) yesterday i really felt so sian, i can't describe that feeling, it's like The Most Sian Day of My Life. but today i feel recharged! :) (at the expanse of french tutorial though hee)



Proverbs 15



1) The eyes of the Lord are EVERYWHERE! keeping watch on the evil and the good. Indeed, how can i ever hide from God??

2) A soft answer turns away wrath but a harsh word stirs up anger. Really like this verse a lot :) and that Proverbs has quite a lot of talk about how quick anger can often bring about consequences undesired but how a gentle spirit can be so powerful :) & later in the verses, one who is slow to anger quiets contention! :D

3) A gentle tongue is a tree of life!! in Proverbs 13, it also says that a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. Tree of life, why does it sound so familiar! It's actually in genesis, in the garden of Eden where the fruit of the Tree of Life, if eaten, gives everlasting life. The fullness and completeness that Christ has intended for the Spirit-filled life is just a little glimpse of how eternity, everlasting life is :)

4) The sacrifice and the way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is acceptable to God and God loves those who pursues righteousness.

5) Whoever heeds reproof is prudent, but whoever hates reproof will die! :o who are those then who do not like reproof? The scoffers!! & there is sever discipline for him who forsakes the way! Therefore its not that we can just accept God and then leave His way and still expect a good time in life.

6) Even Hell, Hades & The Graves lie open before the Almighty God, how much more is the hearts of the children of man! God really knows the condition and state of my heart. We can have nothing hiding before Him.

7) A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed. See how gladness and sorrow can affect the state of your heart, and how the state of your heart is linked to your spirit.

8) Better is a little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and trouble with it. Remember what we used to say, that it is better to walk in darkness with the Lord than to walk in the light without God!

9) Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than fattened ox with hatred in it. This is a parallel with the preceding verse (also the preceding point) and I guess it points to the same importance of the fear of the LORD and love, with trouble and hatred. :) for indeed, God is love. Whoever who does not love does not know the LORD! And this verse also reminds me of the hong kong dramas, they always have this very rich family, but there's so much of loneliness in the rich family and so much fight for inheritance vs the poorer family but with loads of warmth in it!

10) thank goodness this post is saved!! :D

11) It is repeated later in the verses, that the Lord hears the prayer of the righteous, and that whoever heeds/listens to reproof and is willing to be reproofed will all have good ways and will become wiser!