Marriage Enrichment Weekend 2008: Part IV

This is another continuation on this series. The previous edition was on Monday.
Proverbs 18:21-22

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.

So, when I read this, I was mostly interested in the past "those who love it will eat its fruit." But then I got in the e-Sword and was attracted to the word "power".

Power: yâd (pronounced: yawd):

• hand (of man); strength, power (figuratively); side (of land), part, portion (metaphorically) (figuratively); (various special, technical senses); sign, monument; part, fractional part, share; time, repetition; axle-trees, axle; stays, support (for laver); tenons (in tabernacle); a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure); wrists

James 1:26

If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.

and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue; but boasts of his works, and speaks ill of his brethren; backbites them, and hurts their names and characters, by private insinuations, and public charges without any foundation; who takes no care of what he says, but gives his tongue a liberty of speaking anything, to the injury of others, and the dishonour of God, and his ways: there seems to be an allusion to Psalm 39:1 (below).

Psalm 39:1

I said, "I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence."

1st Peter 3:1-7

Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

And treat them with respect; by speaking well of her, and respectfully to her, and by deeds as well as words; not only by clothing her in a decent and becoming manner, suitable to her station; but by providing everything honest and comely for her, food and raiment, a suitable maintenance, all the necessaries, conveniences, and delights of life, that are laudable and proper; in which sense the word honour is used in 1st Timothy 5:3 (below) and this was agreeably to the doctrine of the Jews...

1st Timothy 5:3

Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.

Proverbs 18:2

A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions.

A fool hath no delight in understanding,.... In natural understanding, and in the improvement of his mind in it; he delights not in books, nor in the conversation of men of learning and sense: or in spiritual understanding, in the understanding of spiritual things; these are foolishness to a natural man; nor does he delight in reading the Scriptures, nor in hearing the word, and attendance on it in the house of God, but is weary of such exercises.

But that his heart may discover itself; and the folly that is in it: such men only desire to have some knowledge and understanding, to make a show of it, that they may be thought to be wise, and to be capable of talking of things as if they understood them, when it is only to the exposing of themselves and their ignorance; some persons attain to no more learning and knowledge than just to be capable to show that they are fools. Or, "but in the discovery of his heart"; he delights in discovering that; not the wisdom, but the folly that is in it. (This is from a commentary).

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Health (above: healing):

• helth: Shālōm is part of the formal salutation still common in Palestine. In this sense it is used in Genesis 43:28; 2nd Samuel 20:9; the stem word means "peace," and is used in many varieties of expression relating to security, success and good bodily health. Yeshū‛āh, which specifically means deliverance or help, occurs in the refrain of Psalm 42:11; Psalm 43:5, as well as in Psalm 67:2; in the American Standard Revised Version it is rendered "help." Riph'ūth is literally, "healing," and is found only in Proverbs 3:8. Marpē' also means healing of the body, but is used in a figurative sense as of promoting soundness of mind and moral character in Proverbs 4:22; Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 13:17; Proverbs 16:24, as also in Jeremiah 8:15, where the Revised Version (British and American) renders it "healing." 'Ǎrūkhāh is also used in the same figurative sense in Isaiah 58:8; Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 30:17; Jeremiah 33:6; literally means "repairing or restoring"; it is the word used of the repair of the wall of Jerusalem by Nehemiah (chapter 4).
• The word "health" occurs twice in the New Testament: in Paul's appeal to his shipmates to take food (Acts 27:34), he says it is for their sotēria, literally, "safety"; so the American Standard Revised Version, the King James Version "health." The verb hugianinō is used in 3rd John 1:2, in the apostle's salutation to Gaius.

I found this to be useful. Marpē' also means healing of the body, but is used in a figurative sense as of promoting soundness of mind and moral character.

I haven't ever used a commentary so much as how I have used it today. It is the "Gill" commentary, available for free at e-Sword. I have found it to be very inciteful and helpful. Anyway, Johnny Out.

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