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Devotional: March 14th

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Proverbs 23:1-14

Vv. 1-6 warn us against covetousness. It is no less dangerous to desire the delicacies offered by the great people of this world (v. 3) than those offered by the man who has an evil eye (v. 6; Psalms 141:4 end). Then a man is bound to people whose favour he has sought. Their bread is deceitful. The profit gained in a moment will later become the source of much unhappiness. Sorrow inevitably follows the pursuit of earthly possessions. Wisdom, as men understand it, urges them on to wear themselves out acquiring possessions. They imagine that with them they will be able to assure their future and that of their children. But this is false reckoning! These riches will flee away; they "certainly make themselves wings" (v. 5; cf. James 5:2). This is why Wisdom urges the disciple to cease from his own wisdom (v. 4). True wisdom does not consist of acquiring riches but of using the riches of our Master for others (Luke 16:8).

V. 13 reminds us of David’s negligence in his children’s education (see 1 Kings 1:6). Corporal punishment does not entail death. On the other hand, never to use it can have fatal results (2 Samuel 18:33). Deliver our soul from hell: indeed, how much is at stake! Let us then apply our hearts to this instruction (v. 12; cf. Proverbs 22:15).

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