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Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Devotional: March 21st

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Proverbs 26:13-28

After the portrait of the fool (vv. 1-12), here we have other equally detestable characters. The first is the lazy man (vv. 13-16) whom we have often met already. He uses the pretext of dangers and imaginary difficulties to get out of what he should be doing (v. 13), and even neglects to feed himself (v. 15). "The door turneth upon his hinges" (v. 14). Someone has said: "It moves backwards and forwards but remains in the same place. We should ask ourselves if we have gone forward any more than it has, if we have made any progress in our Christian lives". The lazy man turns on his bed. One can turn about and bustle around without producing any worthwhile activity.

The quarreller is also depicted (vv. 17-21). He is good at fanning the fires of arguments. But v. 17 has many applications. Taking part in social, trade union and political conflicts . . . all these things expose a child of God to cruel "bites".

Now comes the talebearer who also helps to stir up quarrels (vv. 20, 22); then the cheat disguising the hatred of his heart in kind words (vv. 23-25; see 2 Samuel 20:9-10; Jeremiah 12:6). The Lord Jesus had dealings with the different kinds of wickedness and hypocrisy denounced in these verses (Matthew 17:17; Psalms 38:12). How much He suffered from them!

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