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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:17 She straps on strength
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:17 17 She straps on strength and makes her arms strong. “Dresses” begins with the eighth letter of the Hebrew ABC’s, heth. It’s hagar, but not the same as the name of Abraham’s concubine Hagar, whose name begins with the letter heh, not heth (Genesis 16:1,3). Some translations […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:16 she plants a vineyard
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:16 16 She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. “She considers” is the translation of our zayin-word, the seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Zamamah can also mean “plan” (Lam. 2:17) or “determine” (Zech. 8:14,15). Here it depicts […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:15 While it is still night
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:15 15 She rises while it is still night and provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls. This verse is probably tied to the previous one, both by the sixth alphabet-letter, vav (which here is the word “and”) and by the connected […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:14 bread from afar
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:14 14 She is like the merchant ships, bringing her bread from afar. The fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is heh, our h-sound, and here it begins the most ordinary of words, hayata, “she is.” By using this for poetic reasons, Solomon opens up this verse to […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:10 willing hands
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:10 13 She picks out wool and flax and works with willing hands. Wool and flax were the elements used in Biblical times for spinning into cloth. Flax, a flowering plant, produces linen, and wool of course comes from sheep. The fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:10 She brings him good
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:12 12 She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life. This is the opposite of the many wicked women depicted throughout the book. In absolute contrast, the heroic wife brings her husband nothing but good. “Not harm” means that she does all of the […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:11 Her husband’s heart
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:11 11 Her husband’s heart trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. The word bataḥ is to trust or rely on something. Solomon takes the letter B (beth) and runs with it poetically throughout the entire first stich of the verse with the delightfully alliterative: bataḥ […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:10 The Heroic Wife
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:10 In the weeks to come, I will set aside Acts for a little while and turn to the final verses of Proverbs, often called “The Wife of Noble Character.” I have translated the title “The Heroic Wife.” It may be that due to my schedule, these devotions will be […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 4:6 don’t forget the salt
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 4:6 6 Let your speech always be in grace and seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer everyone. “In grace” is often translated “graciously” or “full of grace.” This translation is more wooden and literal, “in (the sphere of) grace” (ἐν χάριτι). This could be […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 5:25-28 the moment for the Sanhedrin
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 5:25-28 25 Then someone came and told them, “The men you put in prison are standing in the temple courts, teaching the people.” The timing of the Holy Spirit here is perfect. If the Sadducees had found out about the release of the apostles privately, they could have (and would […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 5:17-24 very much perplexed
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 5:17-24 17 But the high priest rose up and all those who were with him, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. 18 They arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison. 19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 5:12-16 Peter’s shadow
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 5:12-16 12 Now by the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were being performed among the people. They all used to meet together in Solomon’s Colonnade. 13 None of the rest dared to join them, even though the people held them in high regard. 14 However, more and […]
