2. The Pearl Principle for Understanding Proverbs
Each individual proverb is like a single pearl. When placed on a
strand with other matching pearls (proverbs) they create a
beautiful necklace.
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Don’t make a single proverb a universal, legal
guarantee from God.
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Don’t make a single proverb an exhaustive
statement of truth.
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Understand individual proverbs in the light of
the entire collection of Proverbs.
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In seeking to apply a proverb, be sure to validate
the application through the context of the entire
Bible.
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Proverbs normally transcend culture and time and
are easily understood.
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Proverbs are made to be easily remembered.
(From unpublished notes on Proverbs by Dr. David Mappes)
4. Proverbs 16:3 Commit your work to the LORD, and your
plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but
the Lord establishes their steps.
5. Proverbs 16:3 Commit your work to the LORD, and your
plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but
the Lord establishes their steps.
Proverbs 16:2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but
motives are weighed by the Lord.
6. Proverbs 16:3 Commit your work to the LORD, and your
plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but
the Lord establishes their steps.
Proverbs 16:2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but
motives are weighed by the Lord.
Proverbs 20:24 A person’s steps are directed by the Lord.
How then can anyone understand their own way?
7. Proverbs 16:3 Commit your work to the LORD, and your
plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but
the Lord establishes their steps.
Proverbs 16:2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but
motives are weighed by the Lord.
Proverbs 20:24 A person’s steps are directed by the Lord.
How then can anyone understand their own way?
Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it
is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
8. Proverbs 16:3 Commit your work to the LORD, and your
plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but
the Lord establishes their steps.
Proverbs 16:2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but
motives are weighed by the Lord.
Proverbs 20:24 A person’s steps are directed by the Lord.
How then can anyone understand their own way?
Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it
is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do
not lean on your own understanding. In all your
ways acknowledge him and he will make straight your
paths.
9. The Pearl Principle for Understanding Proverbs
Each individual proverb is like a single pearl. When placed on a
strand with other matching pearls (proverbs) they create a
beautiful necklace.
-
Don’t make a single proverb a universal, legal
guarantee from God.
-
Don’t make a single proverb an exhaustive
statement of truth.
-
Understand individual proverbs in the light of
the entire collection of Proverbs.
-
In seeking to apply a proverb, be sure to validate
the application through the context of the entire
Bible.
-
Proverbs normally transcend culture and time and
are easily understood.
-
Proverbs are made to be easily remembered.
(From unpublished notes on Proverbs by Dr. David Mappes)
19. “A woman who fears the Lord will not run away
from God to satisfy her longings and relieve her
anxieties. She will wait for the Lord. She will
hope in God. She will stay close to the heart of
God and trust in his promises. The prospect of
departing into the way of sin will be too fearful
to pursue; and the benefits of abiding in the
shadow of the Almighty too glorious to forsake.”
John Piper
