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Treasures of God
Prov 21:17-21
17 Whoever loves pleasure becomes poor. Whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous and the faithless for the upright.
19 It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome, worrisome wife.
20 Precious treasure and oil are in a wise person’s dwelling, but a foolish person devours all he has.
21 Whoever pursues righteousness and mercy finds life, prosperity and honor.
Prov 21:17-21
17 Whoever loves pleasure becomes poor. Whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.
Whoever ignores the responsibilities of life and seeks only to party and have fun will soon not be able to afford such a life-style. They will be depleted both physically and spiritually. While we are not to be worried where our keep comes from, we are to also not be lazy and fritter away our time and our money on pleasures that serve only ourselves. See Col 3:23-25.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous and the faithless for the upright.
God frequently gets in the way of the wicked, thwarting their plans to hurt the righteous and as in the case with Haman in the Book of Esther, the bad guy who was planning to hang the good guy ended up being hanged on his own gallows. See the Book of Esther.
19 It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome, worrisome wife.
Here's another verse on a quarrelsome and worrying. It doesn't just apply to women though. Men can be just as quarrelsome and worrying as anyone else. Just don't be quarrelsome. Get rid of the whiney voice. You'll chase all your friends away. You'll make everyone in your home, even the dog and cat miserable. See Phil 2:14-16; 2 Tim 2:14-15.
20 Precious treasure and oil are in a wise person’s dwelling, but a foolish person devours all he has.
A wise person is always prepared in word and deed. A foolish person spends everything he has when he gets it, on stuff that isn't even of any lasting value to him. The foolish have nothing to give in word or deed. See Hos 10:12; Matt 24:42-44; Matt 25:1-13; Rom 13:11-14; 1 Cor 16:13-14; Col 4:2; 1 Thess 5:1-12; 1 Pet 4:7-11; 1 Pet 5:6-11; Rev 3:2-3.
21 Whoever pursues righteousness and mercy finds life, prosperity and honor.
Go after the things of God, they are the real treasures in life.
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