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“A house divided against itself cannot stand” Part II
(Pro 14:11-20)

(Aired on June 5, 2025)

Pro 14:11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
Pro 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Pro 14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Pro 14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
Pro 14:15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
Pro 14:16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Pro 14:17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Pro 14:18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Pro 14:19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Pro 14:20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

This section of proverbs gives us a foothold on how the kingdoms of this world within us can and are becoming the kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ today in earnest (Rev 11:14-19). God does a quick work in the lives of His saints, seeing our life is a vapour in His eyes (Jas 4:14). The second woe being past (Rev 11:14) was something the saints endure by the strength of Christ who is the true witness abiding in the elect as our hope of glory (Col 1:27). Going onto perfection occurs on the third day for the saints (Luk 13:32), who as a result of that completed workmanship, will be used of God to start the process of judgement that must come upon all the world.

Rev 11:14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

The outward kingdoms of this world becoming the kingdoms of our Lord and his Christ is the great reset that the world has been groaning to see fulfilled (Rom 8:22), and when God’s government is established on this earth, then those woes will start to be poured out on humanity as they have already been poured out and fulfilled in the life of God’s elect. This is when the world will begin to learn of God’s righteousness (Isa 26:9) which event is likened unto a great earthquake that is going to reshape all the earth as the waters did in the days of Noah’s flood (Rev 11:13-14).

Rev 11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

The elect are God’s flood of knowledge and truth that will be sent into the earth to bring healing that will start as a very physical healing as it did in Christ’s own ministry (Mat 8:16, 1Jn 4:17, Isa 28:2). Christ casting out devils did not bring about conversion, and neither will the judgement that comes upon the world via the saviours that come up on mount Zion. What will happen is that the elect will be given the work of fulfilling (Mat 8:16), to sweep the house of humanity to then see seven spirits worse enter in when Satan is loosed for a season when Gog and Magog come up against the camp of the saints. That is the spiritual order of events that will lead to the great white throne judgement (Mat 12:43-45, Rev 20:8).

Mat 8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:

Isa 28:2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.

When the waters finally abated from the flood it took 150 days, which is symbolic of the process of judgement that God’s elect go through while in these clay vessels that are saved by grace through faith on the ark that symbolizes the church (process of judgement 3 x 50 jubilee) (Gen 8:3-4), and then the ark rested on mount Ararat^H780, which word means ‘the curse reversed’. Mount Ararat is an earlier type of mount Zion where the elect come up to judge the mount of Esau, which judgement will in time cause the curse of humanity to be reversed, the curse being not knowing God’s judgements in our lives which produces righteousness (Oba 1:21, Isa 26:9). When the thousand year reign comes to a conclusion, and the water of God’s word abates into the core of mankind’s proud heart, the Lord will have set the stage for the great rebellion described as Gog and Magog, the time when the water baptism of a thousand symbolic years will reach a point of bitterness in the belly that will then be tried in the lake of fire. All of these experiences in the earth are to teach us that a natural baptism will always precede the spiritual baptism that will make it possible for us to enter into the kingdom of God (Joh 3:5).

Joh 3:5 Jesus answered—Verily, verily, I say unto thee: Except one be born of water and spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

H780 ‘ărâraṭ BDB Definition:
Ararat = “the curse reversed: precipitation of curse”
1) a mountainous region of eastern Armenia, between the river Araxes and the lakes Van and Oroomiah, the site where Noah’s ark came to rest
2) the mountain where Noah’s ark came to rest
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: of foreign origin

Gen 8:3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Gen 8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

This set of proverbs, like all the proverbs, has an inward application to God’s elect today as we grow and overcome the darkness that tries to overtake our own heavens (Rom 12:21), and an outward application that will be brightly demonstrated during the thousand year reign of the saints. That period of time is another witness to the natural wilderness within the heart of mankind that cannot be converted even though Christ and His Christ have been dwelling with the nations for that period of time (Hab 1:5, Luk 16:31).

Joh 3:5 Jesus answered—Verily, verily, I say unto thee: Except one be born of water and spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Hab 1:5 Behold ye, among the nations, and look around, Yea stand stock still—stare,—for, a work, is being wrought in your days, ye will not believe, when it is recounted.

Luk 16:31 But he said unto him—If, unto Moses and the Prophets, they do not hearken, neither, if one, from among the dead, should arise, would they be persuaded.

Pro 14:11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

It is in the day of judgement, the day that the evil inside of God’s elect is judged that “the house of the wicked shall be overthrown”.

Pro 16:4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

It takes God’s judgement in our lives for the house of God, the tabernacle or temple of God that we are to “flourish”.

Pro 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

This proverb is at the crux of what drives mankind’s lawless behaviour, regardless of whether the tempter is there or not. This way that seems right unto man, is who Adam and Eve and their offspring were always meant to be, in a marred condition that God fashioned humanity (Jer 18:4) that keeps us going in a way “which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death”.

The truth is that without our being dragged to Christ (Joh 6:44) we cannot know the true way that leads to life (Joh 14:6).

Joh 6:44 No one, can come unto me, except, the Father who sent me, draw him,—and, I, will raise him up, in the last day.

Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him—I, am the way, and the truth, and the life: No one, cometh unto the Father, but through me.

Pro 14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

The way that seems right unto a man that leads to death is never exempt from sorrow (Job 5:7), and the end of being in the house of mirth, rather than in the house of mourning where judgement is on the lives of those who are dying daily, is “heaviness”(Ecc 7:4).

Job 5:7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Ecc 7:4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

We sorrow but not as the world, seeing we have hope (Eph 2:12, 2Th 1:4-5) that our suffering in this life has been purposed by God (Rom 8:28) for the good of humanity and will lead to our salvation through the death of our old man and the increase of the new man formed in Christ (1Co 3:6).

Eph 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

2Th 1:4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
2Th 1:5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

1Co 3:6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

Pro 14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

We are all “backsliders” ^H5472 in heart until we’re not, and that period of time is very painful in our lives when we can’t make any spiritual progress that sticks, but only a continual reminder of the bondage that we are in that fills our hearts with sorrow, going in the way that seems right to us, but in reality we are in bondage to sin. That stage has to happen to fully persuade us, Lord willing in this life even, that we are more than conquerors through Christ who loves us and that nothing can separated us from our Father’s loving arms as He sets us free from sin (Joh 8:36).

Joh 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

H5472 sûg soog
A primitive root; properly to flinch, that is, (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize): – backslider, drive, go back, turn (away, back).
Total KJV occurrences: 14

It is only by Christ that the “good man” within us, our hope of glory within (Col 1:27), can change all of this so that living waters (Joh 7:38) that come from within ourselves, can give us victory over the bondage of sin, and will put an end to the backsliding heart.

Joh 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

Pro 14:15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

There is a negative and positive use of the term ‘believe all things’ (1Co 13:7), and in this instance we’re being told to not believe every word, but rather be prudent by looking well to your goings by trying the spirits whether they are of the Lord or not, both within and without. When we try the spirits within ourselves or others, we are looking for change, fruit that is brought forth that is worthy of repentance, not just saying we’re going to stop doing something and then turning around again and doing the same thing like a dog returning to his vomit (1Jn 4:1, 1Co 11:31, Luk 3:8, Pro 26:11-12).

1Co 13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

1Jn 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

1Co 11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

Luk 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

Pro 26:11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
Pro 26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? (Rom 11:25) there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Pro 14:16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

We are called to fear God and work righteousness in this life. The working of righteousness is to “departeth from evil”, and the fool within us that rageth and is confident in its carnal approach is what we must be delivered from through Christ (Rom 7:18-25).

Rom 7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Rom 7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Rom 7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Rom 7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
Rom 7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Rom 7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Rom 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Rom 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

Pro 14:17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

When we are “soon angry”, we will deal foolishly and our scheming (see CLV) or “wicked devices” will cause us to be hated. The solution to this problem is to ask God to grant us the power to rule over our spirits in this life, possessing our souls in our patience (Luk 21:19) and taking all the cities within us captive to the glory of God (Pro 25:28). It is a process that can be accomplished through Christ in us as we go from glory to glory (2Co 3:18) gaining victory over the “beast of the field” “by little and little”, and they will be bread for us.

Pro 25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Exo 23:28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
Exo 23:29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
Exo 23:30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

Pro 14:18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Unless the Lord builds the house of the simple (Psa 127:1, Psa 19:7), converting his soul, that simple person in spiritual matters will remain simple, and that is what God has purposed for the majority of mankind as He speaks in parables so that the masses do not understand (Mat 13:13).

Psa 127:1 A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

Psa 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

Mat 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

The elect of God become “prudent”^H6175 because of the life of Christ in us, in the positive sense of this word. In (Gen 3:1) that same Strong’s number is used to describe Satan as “more subtil^H6175 than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.” But our hope of glory within (Col 1:27) is that our family in Christ will be crowned with lifesaving knowledge (Eph 3:18-19) that will make that simple man within me wise over time, ultimately leading to a mature person in the Lord who is now crowned with His knowledge (Rev 4:4).

Eph 3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Eph 3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Eph 3:19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Rev 4:4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

Pro 14:19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

The gates of hell will not prevail against the elect (Mat 16:18), rather because of the dominion and victory that God has promised those who endure to the end of this life, “The evil [will] bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous”, meaning that if we are granted to bring all our thoughts, our lives, into subjection to Christ today, we will be used of the Lord to rule over the kingdoms of this world (Rev 11:15) who will be brought into subjection unto the body of Christ and ultimately be saved in the lake of fire (Rev 3:9, Rev 2:26, Rev 20:10-12). Joseph and his brothers typify this for us in (Gen 43:26-28).

Gen 43:26 And when Joseph came home, they [his brothers] brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
Gen 43:27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
Gen 43:28 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

Pro 14:20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

We are hated by all men for being of a poor and contrite heart which is a gift of God and yet it is that spirit that keeps the body of Christ united, each esteeming the other better (Php 2:2-3) as we move forward in faith, considering ourselves to be the richest people on earth in those things that matter, knowing the principles that, by God’s grace can keep us united, the very words of eternal life.

Php 2:2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Php 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

The rich have “many friends”, but that friendship of the world is enmity against God (1Jn 2:15-17), and in time all such riches will crumble and fall and not make it possible for the life of Christ to mature within the one who holds onto it. The lies of Babylon unite the world in friendship (1Jn 4:5-7), but God’s elect are called to be united by the truth, and understand that those truths will just naturally separate us from the world, and keep us united in Christ as one body (2Co 6:17-18).

1Jn 4:5  They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them [“many friends”].

1Jn 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1Jn 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1Jn 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

2Co 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
2Co 6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.