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 what happens when sinners entice us:
Proverbs 1:10-15 (ESV Strong's)
My son, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.
If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us ambush the innocent without reason;
like Sheol let us swallow them alive,
and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
we shall find all precious goods,
we shall fill our houses with plunder;
throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse”—
my son, do not walk in the way with them;
hold back your foot from their paths,
Theme: The Hunger of the Wicked vs the Righteous
Solomon, in the book of Proverbs, is giving us “sayings” that drive us to “fear the Lord” (which is the beginning of wisdom). Ungodly men are attempting to lead us astray. They want us to follow their path of destruction and mayhem. Notice in the above passage that their desire is to plunder those who are righteous and to “find all precious goods ...”. They wish to “fill our houses with plunder ...,” and have “one purse ...”. The accumulation of goods is and always will be a replacement for real hunger and thirst. In the Beatitudes, Jesus tells us this is what our hunger should look like:
Matthew 5:6 (ESV Strong's)
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
The wicked hunger for the accumulation of things in their lives and will do anything they have to do in order to fill their “purse.” The righteous hunger and thirst for righteousness. This is Solomon’s contrast. He tells us to “not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths.” Our hunger ought not be for things and accumulation but for righteousness. That is the only place we find real satisfaction.
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