The Proverb videos were created by user Its1Just3Meon YouTube. It's really one of the best I've seen and heard. You can follow along by reading underneath the YouTube video below or pull out your own KJV of the book of Proverbs so that you can take notes on anything that might pop in your head.
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PROVERBS CHAPTER SEVEN
1.My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
4Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
6.For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
10And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
11(She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
12Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
13So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent face said unto him,
14[I have] peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come home at the day appointed.
21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.
24.Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her.
27Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
As an extra bonus today, an indepth study on the power verse from Day 7 from The 1 Minute Guide to Health, Wealth, and Happiness: Wisdom from the book of Proverbs:
"Today’s power verse is found in verse seven of chapter seven: And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding.
Noting the word youth here, one might think that at first reading that this is meant only for the young. But it isn’t. It’s associating the time of your life when your foundation is most tender and a time that God wants for Himself to mold you into the person of destiny you were created to be. It’s not necessarily about your age, but when you begin your walk with Him.
The answer to why sometimes churches aren’t moving in power is in this verse: they are young and void of understanding. This doesn’t mean just a person who just met Jesus and saw Him for Who He is (Wonderful, Counselor, Loving). But someone who is young is one that is not mature (whereas not mature in the things and ways of God).
You can go to church for 20 years and still be a youth in your walk with God. But how can you stay in such a state? By surrounding yourself with others who are young and void of understanding.
Like begets like. If this youth in this parable from verses 6-23 would have just surrounded himself with some older friends who had some wisdom, he would have avoided the enticements calling out to him.
In order to grow, you need to surround yourself with those who can show you the way to go and how to discern the traps that will eventually be laid for you. It’s time to no longer be simple.
Thoughts for reflection:
What areas could you use more understanding in?"
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