Proverbs 1:1-32 Whoso Hears Shall Dwell Safely
Proverbs 1:1-32
“Whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil”
[Study Aired October 31, 2024]
A foundational point to consider in this study of the book of proverbs is that Solomon is a type of Christ and David, being the father of Solomon, is a type of our heavenly Father from where “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning” (Jas 1:16-17, 2Ti 3:16). We know David can represent Christ, but in this instance the wisdom of God is expressed through Solomon who reveals the Father as Christ did. Solomon typifies Christ our wisdom in this instance (1Co 1:18-25) who has come to reveal the Father. The proverbs were written so that we can come to know Christ who is our wisdom and in so doing we can come to know the Father through Christ which is eternal life. Therefore in type and shadow we need to know both Solomon and David but not after the flesh “Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more”. (Joh 14:9-10, Mat 11:27, Joh 17:3-4, 2Co 5:16).
1Co 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. [“whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil” (Pro 1:33)]
1Co 1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
1Co 1:20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
1Co 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
1Co 1:22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
1Co 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
1Co 1:24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
1Co 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.Joh 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Joh 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.Mat 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Mat 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. [“whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil” (Pro 1:33)]
Mat 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.Joh 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Joh 17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
The message of the old covenant proverbs are found throughout the New Covenant and are used in very foundational ways to build spiritual concepts (Mat 16:18 “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it”). Here are a few examples to that point:
Pro 3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Heb 12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Pro 3:34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Jas 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
1Pe 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Pro 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Jas 5:20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
1Pe 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
There are three distinct sections to this first chapter of proverbs. The first section explains the purpose behind having proverbs in the first place, the second talks about the positive spiritual effect these proverbs can have upon us if we heed them, and the third section explains the negative consequence of not holding fast to the wisdom that God gives us through the church, Solomon, being a type of Christ who is the head of the church (Eph 1:22-23), and makes manifest God’s knowledge through the church (Eph 3:10-11).
Eph 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Eph 1:23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.Eph 3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
Eph 3:11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
The purpose for having Proverbs
Pro 1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
Pro 1:2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
Pro 1:3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
Pro 1:4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
Pro 1:5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Pro 1:6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Solomon is the king of Israel, Israel representing the world, and as stated he is the son of David who, in this instance, is a type of God the father who created our Saviour and King (Col 1:15-19).
Col 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Col 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Col 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Col 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
Christ received the wisdom and instruction his Father gave him, perceiving the words of understanding with the spirit of God that was given to him. “All things are delivered unto me of my Father” (Mat 11:27-29). If we are as Christ in this life with His mind (1Jn 4:17), then we likewise should be growing like Christ did (Luk 2:52 , 2Pe 3:18) by “receiv[ing] the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgement, and equity”.
Mat 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Mat 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.1Jn 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
Luk 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
2Pe 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
It is truly the glory of God to conceal a thing and the honour of kings to search out a matter (Pro 25:2), and if we are granted that hunger and thirst to search for the Lord with all our hearts in this age (Jer 29:13-14), we being the weak of the world (1Co 1:26), we will be “given subtilty” [H6195 prudence, discretion, wisdom], even when we are young in the faith, He will give us knowledge and discretion. As we grow in grace and in knowledge, the Lord will increase within us and we will decrease through this lifelong endeavor of overcoming, and by God’s mercy we will go from glory to glory (2Co 3:18), or faith to faith (Rom 1:17), until the author and finisher of our faith completes that which he has started in us. That is our hope and that is our confidence in this life (Heb 12:2-4 , Php 1:6 , Col 1:27 , 1Jn 3:3).
Jer 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Jer 29:14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Heb 12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Heb 12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.Php 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
1Jn 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
God has called the elect unto this endeavor of being “A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels” but it can only be accomplished through Christ (Php 2:12-13) who is our wisdom and the reason we can then “understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings”. It is all to our Father’s glory!
Php 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Php 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
The positive fruit that can be born when we heed the proverbs of God
Pro 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
This opening statement in the first chapter of proverbs can be bookended with this verse in (Ecc 12:13) which states, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man”. These two verses then, make it clear to us that without the fear of the LORD within our hearts we will not have even a starting point to build properly (1Co 3:9-11), nor be able to come anywhere near the perfection of our faith unless the Lord builds our spiritual house (Psa 127:1) that he alone can built within a heart that moves with fear (Luk 12:5 , Heb 11:7 , Heb 5:7).
1Co 3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
1Co 3:10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
1Co 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.Luk 12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Heb 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Heb 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
Pro 1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
“Hear[ing] the instruction of thy father, and not forsak[ing] the law of thy mother”, is how we honour our spiritual father and mother (Eph 6:2-3), and in doing so God’s elect become the first recipients of being blessed to have our life built upon a sure foundation, Jesus Christ, the gates of hell not prevailing against us, so that we might be in that blessed and holy first resurrection where we will be blessed with long life on the earth (Mat 16:18).
Eph 6:2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Eph 6:3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Pro 1:9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
This idea of keeping the instruction of our father and mother, who represent our Father in heaven and the church, is reiterated in (Pro 3:3-6), and the blessing that springs forth from this obedience, “an ornament of grace”, is that God (“thy head”) will direct all our steps.
Pro 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Pro 3:4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Pro 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Pro 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Pro 1:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
When we consent to spiritual fornication we are becoming one with a harlot who represents the false churches of Babylon (Pro 5:8)
Pro 5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house
Pro 1:11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
The innocent are all of us in our appointed time as naive Christians who are drawn into the churches who aggressively make proselytes for their folds (Mat 23:14-15, Mat 11:12).
Mat 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Mat 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.Mat 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
Pro 1:12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
Christ tells us that this is where the dead are burying the dead, swallowing the new Christian ‘up alive as the grave’, taking them down into the pit of false doctrines that are multitudinous (Rev 9:2-3).
Rev 9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Rev 9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Pro 1:13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
Pro 1:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
What is considered one of Babylon’s greatest riches that has become a mantra, is the saying ‘let there be agreement in the essentials and tolerance in the non essential and love in all things’. In other words, Babylon takes Christ’s pure doctrine and “carries into your temples my goodly pleasant things” (Joe 3:5), taking “thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them” (Eze 16:17). Babylon will also tell us what is essential and non-essential and it does not agree with the sum of God’s word, but rather with the ecumenical spirit of this world that says “let us all have one purse”.
Pro 1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
What we are told to do is “walk not in the way with them”. In other words, flee spiritual fornication and go nowhere near her door (Pro 5:8)
Pro 5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house
Pro 1:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Pro 1:17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Pro 1:18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
Christ tells us the elect are likened unto a dove in (Lev 14:6) and Satan’s objective is to snare us like a bird with his lies in the churches of Babylon, but as we learned, ‘the gates of hell will not prevail against the church’, so in the end that trap is set in vain, just as Cain was told, “sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him” (Gen 4:7). Babylon is divided regardless of the ecumenical spirit that serves to unite the churches of this world against Christ and his Christ (Act 4:27). In the end they are ‘laying wait’ for their own fall in God’s appointed time, and great will be the fall of Babylon (Rev 18:10).
Rev 18:10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Pro 1:19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
All of these verses (Pro 1:12-19) reveal what it is that God will deliver his people from who are being led by the spirit of God (Rom 8:14-15). The main root of these actions of evil are “the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof”. Christ, as our example, was tempted in all diverse manner and so we take great comfort in knowing that regardless of what has been written in our books regarding temptations and trials to come, we have a high priest who can and will deliver us from them all (2Co 1:4) no matter what ‘the gates of hell’ throw at us (Heb 4:15).
Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Rom 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.2Co 1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Heb 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Pro 1:20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
Pro 1:21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
Christ our husband is known in the gates, (Pro 31:23) and is the one who “Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets”. Our husband Christ is known in the gates that represents our hearts, out of which springs words that come forth from the church, “in the city [Jerusalem above] she uttereth her words”.
Pro 31:23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
“She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words”, is a statement telling us that the word of God will go forth and bring healing to the nations, each man in his own appointed time, who will come to acknowledge His words are the words of eternal life and that they are manifest through the church (Joh 6:68 , Mat 24:14 , Eph 3:10).
The negative consequence of not holding fast to the wisdom of God
Pro 1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
This rhetorical question already has an appointed time in God’s mind when ‘the simple will stop loving simplicity and scorners will no longer delight in their scorning and fools will one day love knowledge’. We all must start off as being simple, and blind, scorners, and fools who hate the knowledge of God, so that when we are blessed to be given eyes to see and ears to hear, there will be a great contrast created in our hearts going from darkness to light (Php 3:7-9 , Luk 16:26 , Pro 24:7).
Php 3:7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Php 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Php 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:Luk 16:26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Pro 24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Pro 1:23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
We surely can’t turn at God’s reproof unless He softens our hearts, but God does have an appointed time in mind when He will visit us, by His spirit that will judge us and soften our hearts through that judgement (Luk 19:44 , 1Pe 2:12).
Luk 19:44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
1Pe 2:12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
The prophesy of a new heart given in (Eze 36:26) is only possible by God’s spirit dwelling within us. It is then that we will be able to obey God as Christ works in us both to will and to do of God’s good pleasure (Act 5:32 , Rom 8:9 , Php 2:12-13). By God’s grace we will at long last have the ability to “turn you at my reproof” (Tit 2:11-12) instead of despising God’s goodness that leads us unto repentance, which we will also still do in fleshly moments of weakness (despise his goodness), but grace will much more abound “where sin abounded (when we despise his goodness), grace did much more abound”, to burn that spirit out of us as the Lord sees fit (Rom 2:4 , Rom 5:20). It is through judgement that God can continue to make his words known unto us as the comforter leads us into all truth, sanctifying us through this life (Joh 16:13 , Joh 17:17). This is a life-long process that is happening to those who have been apprehended by Christ in this age, explained this way by the apostle Paul (Php 3:9-14):
Php 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Php 3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
Php 3:11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Php 3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Php 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Php 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Pro 1:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
Pro 1:25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
Pro 1:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
Pro 1:27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Pro 1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
The consequence of not heeding the words of God after he has called us and stretched out his hand to us reminds us of (Heb 6:3-6). God permitting, His chastening grace upon us will motivate and bring us unto maturity and perfection on the third day (Heb 12:6 , Luk 13:32).
Heb 6:3 And this will we do, if God permit.
Heb 6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
Heb 6:5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
Heb 6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Heb 12:7 If ye endure chastening (Php 4:13), God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?Luk 13:32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
We would simply set at nought all of God’s counsel and our hearts would be hardened at His reproof if the Lord was not working within our heavens giving us a humble and contrite heart (Isa 66:2). These words that define our rejection of God (Pro 1:24-28) are an admonition that, Lord willing, we will hear, so that we don’t find ourselves in the terrifying dark place where we call upon the Lord and he does not answer; where we seek him early and we can’t find him. Of course in due time all will find him, but what these verses reveal is the severity and goodness of God who alone determines who it is that will hear, and who it is whose heart will be hardened (Rom 11:20-22).
Rom 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
Rom 11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
Rom 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Pro 1:29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
Pro 1:30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Pro 1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Pro 1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Again, God does not hide the hard-core facts of what a curse it will be if we do not “choose the fear of the LORD”, or that “They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof”. We eat the fruit of our own way, “our own devices”, when we are those who are found in our own righteousness and not that of the LORD (Php 3:9).
Php 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
We eat “the fruit of their own way”, when we do our many wonderful works independent of acknowledging God’s sovereignty, which will ultimately lead to us being filled with our “own devices” that will lead to death unless God brings us to repentance (Pro 14:12).
Pro 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
These following translations render the end result of ‘the fruit of our own way, and our own devices’ and how they will ultimately lead to our old man’s demise, and great will be the fall thereof, killing us spiritually (Mat 7:26-27).
Pro 1:32 For the instability of the simple, it shall kill them(Pro 14:12), And the carelessness of the stupid, it shall destroy them(Pro 14:12). (CLV)
Pro 1:32 For the instability of the simple, it shall kill them(Pro 14:12), And the carelessness of the stupid, it shall destroy them(Pro 14:12). (ERV)Mat 7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Mat 7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Pro 1:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
The last verse of this first chapter of proverbs is the title of the study and represents those who are blessed to read, hear and keep the saying of the prophecies of the entire bible (Rev 1:3). Salvation is a gift of God (Eph 2:8) and the fruit of that gift being given to God’s elect in this age is that we “shall be quiet from fear of evil” (Php 4:7).
Php 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.