Proverbs 18:1-5
With Dishonor Comes Reproach
Proverbs 18:6-12
A Fool’s Mouth Brings Destruction
Proverbs 18:13-24
A Friend that sticks closer than a Brother
Proverbs 19:1-9
Wealth Makes Many Friends
Proverbs 19:10-19
Chasten Your Son While There is Hope
Proverbs 19:20-29
Judgments Are Prepared For Scoffers
Proverbs 20:1-5
Wine is a Mocker
Proverbs 20:6-10
Who Can Find a Faithful Man?
Proverbs 20:11-20
A Child Is Known By His Deeds
Proverbs 20:21-30
Blows That Hurt Cleanse Away Evil
Proverbs 21:1-10
A Contentious Wife Makes Life Miserable
Proverbs 21:11-21
A Wise Person Stores Food Like an Ant
Proverbs 21:22-31
Wisdom Gives Strength And Security
Proverbs 22:1-11
Train a Child Right and He Will Not Depart From It
Proverbs 22:12-21
Sayings of The Wise
Proverbs 22:22-29
The Problem of Co-signing For Someone
Proverbs 23:1-11
Trying to Teach a Fool is Useless
Proverbs 23:12-23
A Wise Child Will Hear His Parents Instruction
Proverbs 23:24-35
Drunkenness Leads to All Kinds of Problems
Proverbs 24:1-10
What is in Your Heart Comes Out in Your Talk
A Wise Person Stores Food Like an Ant
Proverbs 21:11–21
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A steward is someone who has been entrusted with the resources of another... A steward stands in stark contrast to the consumer or user... The basis of stewardship is the recognition that God owns everything and we own nothing.” (Purses with Holes). … More
When a person resists truth and is permitted to go unrebuked it makes him look good in the eyes of the ignorant. For this reason, we are told that the public punishment of a scorner may cause the simple to become wise (v. 11). The “Righteous One” refers to God, not man, because only He fully knows what the wicked do and can bring them to ruin (v. 12). A person who heartlessly disregards the needs of the poor will be disregarded when he is in need (v. 13). Giving someone a gift may help calm his anger for he will sense that the gift is evidence of love or at least concern (v. 14). Only the righteous can welcome justice because evildoers are its victims (v. 15). Being unwise is pictured as straying from the path of understanding (v. 16).
The person who is wise enough to forego present indulgences in their early days, will be in position later in life to enjoy that which they have been able to lay by (v. 17). This does not imply that we should live a dismal life but that we should not just live for pleasure and self. This next verse does not mean that the wicked redeem the righteous (v. 18). Instead, it may mean that the wicked who have caused the righteous to suffer will themselves suffer.
A contentious and angry woman is beyond all words, disagreeable, and can with her tongue and her selfish ways produce misery for those in her household. To live in a tent in the desert alone would be better than in a palace in her company (v. 19). A wise person stores up food like an ant preparing for winter, but a foolish person is shortsighted (v. 20). Caring only for the pleasures of the present time, he does not save for the future; he consumes all his food and therefore has nothing to eat between harvests. Being righteous and loyal results in life, prosperity, and honor (v. 21).
Application
This would be an excellent time to discuss how important it is to be good stewards of that which the Lord entrusts to us (1 Cor. 4:2). I need to help my children have a savings plan and not spend all their money as they get it. This will involve a simple budget and a check-up system.
Proverbs 21:11-21 (English Standard Version)
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