1) Earthly application – It is the fear of the Lord that gives us true, overflowing life from God…true joy and peace…it flows from fearing the Lord
2) Eternal application - This is one of the proverbs that serves as somewhat of an equivalent to believing in the Lord Jesus that we read about in the New Testament. Fearing the Lord which leads to life could be Understood as "faith in Christ as Lord is a fountain of life….
#6: Peace and Satisfaction
Proverbs 15:16 - The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life,
that one may turn away from the snares of death.
Proverbs 19:23 - The fear of the Lord leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm.
1) Truly loving God with all that we are makes him our highest value
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In contrast, a fool is someone who has all the earthly treasure they could ever desire and yet they do not fear God or know him.
#7: Praise and Admiration
Proverbs 31:30 - Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
This proverb contrasts “fearing the Lord and internal beauty” with “external, physical beauty and charm”.
• This is just as true today as when this Proverb was written. Ladies, this is what God prizes in a woman...the quality of a gentle, God fearing heart.
So we have looked at 7 benefits of fearing God…7 things that the fear of God produces in the life of an individual. But Proverbs is also clear about negative consequences of NOT fearing the
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Proverbs 3:7 - Be not wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
Proverbs 8:13 - The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and perverted speech I hate.
#3: Envy and Jealousy
Proverbs 23:17-18 - Let not your heart envy sinners,
but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day. Surely there is a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.
#4: Physical and/or Spiritual Death
Proverbs 15:16 - The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life,
that one may turn away from the snares of death.
Question #3: How do I grow in fearing the Lord in my everyday life?
***The good news is that if you are a Christian, God has already planted in your heart the fear of Him.
Jeremiah 32:38-41 - 38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 39 I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them. 40 I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. 41 I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my
Behind every great man lies a great women. In some cases the women herself may not always be good or ideal according to society. Nevertheless it seems to add character to
story points out that beauty has its cost as well, the power of being beautiful holds a great
in fear of an external source, but a way to salvation and liberation from the samsara cycle.
... “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. The fear of the Lord will change one’s distorted thinking into God’s perspective. Psalms 31:19 (ESV) says that the Lord encamps around those who fear him. When we are crippled by fear we can be comforted by the presence of the Lord because we are to fear him and him alone. As one who fear the Lord, they can take comfort and rest in knowing that the one who fears the Lord has a secure fortress (Psalm 14:26, ESV).
“God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemblance” (93).
In the words of Bertrand Russell, “Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom” (Russell). Fear causes many problems in our lives. Fear influences many of a person’s actions and decisions. However, people usually regret the decisions or actions they made out of fear. Also, these actions and decisions can cause problems for those people in their future. Fear is a harmful emotion, for it clouds people’s judgement, disables them from taking action, and causes them to make decisions that they will regret later.
All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” (Holy Bible, ESV).
Proverbs also tells us very much about wisdom. It says that a wise man will hear and be educated. Fearing the Lord is knowledge and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel. A man that has found wisdom and understanding is one that is happy. It tells us that the law of the wise is like a fountain of life. Meaning that wise lawmakers celebrate life and are merciful and fair. Lastly, the wise will delight in rejoicing in God and all his creation.
Wolf writes, “Women must want to embody it and men must want to possess women who embody it. This embodiment is an imperative for women and not for men... Strong men battle for beautiful women, and beautiful women are more reproductively successful.” (Wolf 38). By acknowledging the ethics of how, not only women, but also men seem to endlessly compete against each other for seeing who can get the most beautiful mate possible. The author shows that with all of this competition, chaos, and discrimination of appearance because both mean and women only want the most attractive of spouses, that there can be no harmony or happiness within a society that is constantly envious of someone because they obtained the prettier mate. Which goes against what Plato sees as just, since people in his view are happy and
The indispensability of the flesh to this turning of the self to the Other signifies the excellence whereby the human transcends the angelic.
However, a man is deeply affected by the womanly desire of an admirable man. In a previous article Prenger suggested that men most want the woman they love to admire them. This gives the man the motivation and incentive to become a man that is worth admiring. If they stick to their desire and become a more admirable man by working on the qualities mentioned above, this will create a population increase in admirable men. Society thrives when admirability is on a rise. If society ran on men who deserved no respect, the world would be a much more irritable and frustrating place. While the desire of admirability helps a woman find a suitable partner, it also helps turn a man into something worth being respected. If a man wants a woman to admire him, he will mold himself into something
20 He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Clifford, Richard J., A Commentary by… Proverbs, The Old Testament Library. Editorial Advisory Board; James L. Mays, Carol A. Newsom, David I. Petersen. Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Kentucky, 1999.
Judging a woman by her appearance became a social norm in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Since women were not allowed to hold high or reputable positions, they often relied on their husbands to pay and bring in most of the bills and money. Such conditions often left a young woman scrambling to find a husband, or better said it was in her best interest to find a husband. Modern literature originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. At the time, true women were thought to exhibit the following traits: piety, purity, submissiveness, and domesticity (Welter). Not only did women criticize each other, but the media did as well. Women were also responsible for upholding their physical beauty. A woman could’ve had all the traits that made her a true woman, but if she lacked physical beauty, she was shamed by society. The majority of modern American texts began to shift from the standards of women being weak and submissive but they still regarded physical beauty as a trait that all women had to maintain and obsess about.
There is no release form that war, and wickedness will not deliver those who are given to it.” (Ecclesiastes 8:8)