Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many:
But fools die for want of wisdom.
Literal translation: The lips of the righteous shepherd many. . . ..
The shepherd, or pastor, provides guidance, care and food. Our Lord and Master Jesus-Christ was an excellent example of this by providing all of these to His disciples, and He has promised to continue. He has promised us food and raiment; for the rest we work. He has also promised the needs for the execution of the work He has assigned us to do for Him on earth. For His work not ours; even though He may also indulge us in that. He has not promised our wants, He has promised us our needs. He has not promised the ‘top of the line’ in everything, even though He may indulge us in that too, He has promised us our needs.
There is cause and effect in this phrase. The words of the righteous leave us with a sense of satisfaction, spiritual and physical. Pastoral Words inspired of God leave us with a counsel that presents a light at the end of the tunnel; with a providing practicality. After all, isn’t one of the names of God: Yehovah-Yiree: God, the Provider?
Literal translation: But many fools die for want of wisdom . . . .
The understanding of this phrase is in the contrasting properties of the sentence structure of this Book of Proverbs. A literal translation with inferred meaning would maybe read:
The lips of the righteous shepherd many, thus keeping them alive and wise;
but fools die in foolishness because they do not receive the words of the righteous.
Again, we find cause and effect. Fools, who are not recipients of the wise words of the righteous, die for want of food and wisdom.
It is sad when people die because of a famine of righteous words, but it is depressing when fools die when the Word is published and easily available.
John, the disciple, is quoted to have ended the Book of Revelation in these terms, Let the righteous be righteous still, and let the wicked be wicked still. . ..
May the righteous faithfully teach and feed the flock the only Words of eternal life; and may people allow God to open their eyes that they may see the path of truth wherein lies all of God’s bounties.
Literal translation: The lips of the righteous shepherd many. . . ..
The shepherd, or pastor, provides guidance, care and food. Our Lord and Master Jesus-Christ was an excellent example of this by providing all of these to His disciples, and He has promised to continue. He has promised us food and raiment; for the rest we work. He has also promised the needs for the execution of the work He has assigned us to do for Him on earth. For His work not ours; even though He may also indulge us in that. He has not promised our wants, He has promised us our needs. He has not promised the ‘top of the line’ in everything, even though He may indulge us in that too, He has promised us our needs.
There is cause and effect in this phrase. The words of the righteous leave us with a sense of satisfaction, spiritual and physical. Pastoral Words inspired of God leave us with a counsel that presents a light at the end of the tunnel; with a providing practicality. After all, isn’t one of the names of God: Yehovah-Yiree: God, the Provider?
Literal translation: But many fools die for want of wisdom . . . .
The understanding of this phrase is in the contrasting properties of the sentence structure of this Book of Proverbs. A literal translation with inferred meaning would maybe read:
The lips of the righteous shepherd many, thus keeping them alive and wise;
but fools die in foolishness because they do not receive the words of the righteous.
Again, we find cause and effect. Fools, who are not recipients of the wise words of the righteous, die for want of food and wisdom.
It is sad when people die because of a famine of righteous words, but it is depressing when fools die when the Word is published and easily available.
John, the disciple, is quoted to have ended the Book of Revelation in these terms, Let the righteous be righteous still, and let the wicked be wicked still. . ..
May the righteous faithfully teach and feed the flock the only Words of eternal life; and may people allow God to open their eyes that they may see the path of truth wherein lies all of God’s bounties.
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