by Louis Sacran "Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness." Proverbs 30:20 Placed between a list of four things too wonderful for Agur to know, and four things which trouble the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
by Isaac Guess "There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid."...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
by Isaac Guess "There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:" Proverbs 30:18 As we strive to honor God, we at times have the mistaken notion that closeness to God means that life cannot be enjoyed. After all,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
by Isaac Guess "The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it." Proverbs 30:17 Right in the middle of a panoramic reflection on life, Agur...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
by Isaac Guess "There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough." Proverbs 30:15b, 16 What...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
by Isaac Guess "The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give…" Proverbs 30:15a In the previous verses, Agur looks at the world around him, lamenting a generation that is disrespectful, filthy, and proud. His thoughts reach a climax...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
by Louis Sacran "There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men." Proverbs 30:14 The wickedness that is addressed here, is the evil of greed....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
by Louis Sacran "There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up." Proverbs 30:13 The evil that is under consideration here is Pride. Agur says that there are people who are completely given over to pride. They...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
by Louis Sacran "There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness." Proverbs 30:12 As we look at the distorted and broken moral compass of our present world, we might be tempted to think that we...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
by Louis Sacran "There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother." Proverbs 30:11 Agur begins a series of evils that he must have observed as being prevalent in his time. The first one that he mentions is a direct...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
