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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Mark 7:14-19 All foods are ceremonially clean
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 7:14-19 14 “Listen to me, everyone!” Jesus said, calling the crowd to himself once again. “Understand this: 15 There is nothing outside a man that can make him unclean by going into him. But the things that come out of a man are what makes him unclean. 16 If anyone […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 7:9-13 Corban
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 7:9-13 9 And he said to them: “You do a good job of setting aside the commands of God in order to keep your own traditions! 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ 11 […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 7:5-8 Hypocrites
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 7:5-8 5 So the Pharisees and scribes asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their bread with unclean hands?” The key word in verse 5 is “elders” (πρεσβυτέρων). The scribes were so certain that they had caught Jesus in an […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 7:1-4 pitchers, kettles, and dining couches
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU I beg the reader’s indulgence as we turn to one chapter of Mark’s Gospel. I will not neglect our devotions on Acts for much longer. MARK 7:1-4 Clean and Unclean 7 The Pharisees and certain scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus. 2 They saw some of his disciples […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:8-9 Speak up for those who cannot speak
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:8-9 8 Speak up for those who cannot speak. Speak for the cause of all who are left behind. 9 Speak up, judge fairly. Defend the oppressed and the needy. We will take up these five statements individually. 8a. Speak up for those who cannot speak. Not all […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:4-7 Someone whose soul is in distress
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:4-7 The next four verses are not all of what the Bible has to say about beer and wine, but they are as important as any other passage. There are many warnings. Paul says: “Those who live [in drunkenness] will not inherit the kingdom of God” (Galatians 5:19-21). And Jesus […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:1-3 His mother taught him
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU Since I have completed most of Proverbs 31, we may as well take in the opening verses of the chapter here. PROVERBS 31:1-3 1 The sayings of Lemuel, a king. An oracle that his mother taught him: Lemuel is not a name that we see anywhere else in the Bible. […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:31 The Heroic Wife (conclusion)
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:31 31 Give her a share in the fruit her hand produces, and let her works praise her in the gates. The heroic wife is praised seven times in her chapter: 1, Solomon praises her throughout (31:10-31). 2, The Holy Spirit, who inspired Solomon, praises her (31:10-31). 3, […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:30 Forever praised
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:30 30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is forever praised. Sheqer is “deception,” and it begins with the second-to-last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which is shin. The other half of this comparison is that beauty is “fleeting.” This […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:28-29 You surpass them all
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:28-29 28 Her children get out of bed and bless her; her husband too, and he praises her: 29 “Many women are heroic, but you surpass them all.” Nineteenth and twentieth letters: qoph and resh. Vs. 28: qamu “they rise.” Vs. 29: rabboth “many.” Since we […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:27 She watches over how things go in her household
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:27 27 Carefully she watches over how things go in her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. The first word of this verse is tsophiyah “she watches carefully” (the first letter, tsadeh, is the next letter of the alphabet). In a certain context, it might […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:26 Instruction about mercy
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:26 26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, and instruction about mercy is on her tongue. Seventeenth letter in the Hebrew alphabet: pe. First word of this verse: pihah “her mouth.” Here wisdom and mercy are synonymous since this is a classic example of synonymous parallelism. In the […]
