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A Merry Heart Is Like Medicine
Proverbs 17:20–28
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Men are born sinners and it makes them very uncomfortable to be around righteous people. Therefore it is only natural for them to try to do away with people or things that tend to expose their sin. An example of this is the removing of the Bible from our public schools. I r … More
Dishonesty does you no good, and telling lies will get you in trouble (v. 20). The person who becomes the parent of a self-confident fool does it to his sorrow, and the father of such has no joy in him (v. 21). When the heart is filled with joy a man’s whole being is refreshed. When he feels gloomy his whole body hurts (v. 22).
LAUGHTER IS TO LIFE WHAT SHOCK ABSORBERS ARE TO CARS.
The man of the world may have pleasures for a season but he has to resort to all kinds of things to relieve his uneasiness and rouse his spirits (v. 23). As an example the man of the world will get drunk so he can forget his problems. On the contrary when a child of God remembers who he is in Christ, joy will flood his soul. The man of understanding keeps wisdom at the center of his vision (v. 24). To have brought one into the world someone who throws overboard all restrain brings grief to a father’s heart and bitter disappointment to the mother (v. 25).
To punish an innocent person is an abomination to the Lord (v. 26). This applies either to a leader who punishes a good man or to the people who rebel against the leader because of his uprightness. The man who thinks before he talks is a man of understanding (v. 27). The man who speaks hastily is generally a person whose grasp of things is limited. Even a fool may be thought to be wise if he keeps his mouth shut (v. 28).Application
I can think of circumstances in my life when I have had joy when other people could not under-stand. On the other hand I can think of other times when I could have expressed joy and didn’t.
Proverbs 17:20-28 (English Standard Version)
A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity. He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy. A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice. The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth. A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him. To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness. Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
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