Words

Today's chapter (Proverbs 16) seemed to focus on the importance your words and actions have, whether they be good or bad. There were a lot of scriptures that stood out to me.

Proverbs 16:3

Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.

To me this meant that as long as you've put your faith into the Lord you couldn't fail. Even if it seems like you have, he will be there to help you through it.

Proverbs 16:5-6

The Lord detests all the proud of heart, Be sure of this: they will not go unpunished.

Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the Lord a man avoids evil.

There it is again "The fear of the Lord" earlier in Proverbs it mentioned this "Fear" 8:3" To fear the Lord is to hate evil" its not an actual fear as much as a way to say a good relationship, and I couldn't agree more. As long as you have established a relationship with the Lord, temptation shouldn't effect you as much. Well to me that’s how I see it.

Proverbs 16:16

How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver.

Again you can cross reference this verse to another earlier in Proverbs ( Proverbs 8:10)

There are two more verses that i thought i could personally relate to.

Proverbs 16:9

In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.

To me the verse just shows you the power the Lord has. It kind of reminds me of an analogy I learned at Sky Ranch a few years ago. One of my councilors described it as a movie. The Lord is the director; he guides us in the right direction. And we are the actors, our actions make it happen.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man stirs up dissension,, and a gossip separates close friends.

This one I can connect to in more than one way. Ryan and I were in a really tight group of friends all throughout middle school and freshmen year of high school. But during sophomore year one of our friends decided to become a “gossip” and our group fell apart.

Well I hope my first post was good enough