Proverbs 26:23-26 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God Says …

“Burning lips and a wicked heart Are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, And layeth up deceit within him; When he speaketh fair, believe him not: For there are seven abominations in his heart. Whose hatred is covered by deceit, His wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.” (Proverbs 26:23-26 KJV)

Hypocrisy! Lips and heart are likened to a ceramic coated with silver dross. It’s a picture of an earthenware wrapped beneath the dross/impure waste of silver. This reveals that the lips of the hateful display strange and phony whispers. And, we ought not easy prey to believe, even as they speak like they are fair, as behind the facade are ‘seven’ fullness of abominations and wickedness. It will be exposed! So, let's beware, and we shall be spared.

This is a warning to all children of God, re-born in the spirit by grace through faith in Christ Jesus, to be watchful. Lest, walking uncircumspect, we fall for their deceit. It reminds that we walk in the light of The Word of truth, to keep from being ensnared and be one of them. The Lord Jesus, when He addressed the religious men who were in their state of brokenness and hypocrisy, He says to them: ““Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness.” (Matthew 23:25-27 ESV)

And I say, AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries

(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)

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