Proverbs 22:12

The book of Proverbs gives us a lot of instruction on a lot of different subjects. One subject that can keep us in God’s wisdom is Godly Follower-ship. Who we follow; where we follow; how we follow are all spoken about in Proverbs. Here is one of them about God watching over us:

Proverbs 22:12

The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,

but he overthrows the words of the traitor.

Proverbs 22:17-19

Words of the Wise

Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise,

and apply your heart to my knowledge,

for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,

if all of them are ready on your lips.

That your trust may be in the Lord,

I have made them known to you today, even to you.

Proverbs 22:20-21

Have I not written for you thirty sayings

of counsel and knowledge,

to make you know what is right and true,

that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?

Tag:  Knowledge and Truth are God's 

We live in a society that celebrates and rewards those who seek knowledge and claim to have it.   Going to "college" after high school is "almost" (for some) a natural thought process.  Those who don't consider or don't extend for further education are, in our society, looked upon as less valuable.   The problem is that knowledge does not belong to man.  As you can see in the above verses, knowledge belongs to God.   God is the keeper of all things "truth."   God disperses it as He will and He lets some know it and, to others, He hides its beauty.   When we seek knowledge from God we can be assured He will deliver it to us ... but, it begins by fearing Him.  Those who do not fear Him might "know" things, but they don't "know" what they could if they only feared and reverenced God.   Notice what Solomon wrote earlier in this book of his many proverbs:

Proverbs 9:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,

and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

You can have knowledge of things without God, but you can't have insight.   God gives both knowledge and insight to those who fear Him.  He gives it through His Word.   

God is in the business of watching over truth and protecting the delivery of it. He will go to such an extreme that He will "overthrow" the one who tries to pervert truth for his or her own good. The root word behind the English word, "overthrow" is "to twist." God will twist the words of the man who attempts to pervert knowledge (truth) to make destruction of them. God is sovereign over the affairs of man and over the words of his/her mouth. God will not allow falseness to be spread throughout the land. God preserves His Word ... the ultimate truth ... over and against the treacherous man who attempts to pervert judgment and sound truth. God "overthrows" those who stand against the Lord and His desire to preserve knowledge. In your arguments and in your fights of words, make sure you preserve knowledge ... God is!