Proverbs 21 Select Verses ESV
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
is a fleeting
vapor and a snare of death.
7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away,
because they
refuse to do what is just.
8 The way of the guilty is crooked,
but the conduct
of the pure is upright.
13 Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
will himself
call out and not be answered.
20 Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man's
dwelling,
but a foolish
man devours it.
30 No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
can avail
against the Lord.
31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
but the victory
belongs to the Lord.
There are many people who speak lies, by habit,
deliberately, in order to get whatever “treasure” it is that they desire. And a
treasure doesn’t have to do with material wealth at all, although it certainly may.
But it can be anything that they treasure, that they hold dear to their hearts,
or that has a strong hold on their minds and hearts, like a sinful addiction,
for example. Such a treasure can be anything that might be regarded as an idol
which is served and worshiped in place of and/or above God and true worship of
him.
Now this kind of behavior is underhanded, it is deceitful,
it is gutless, wretched, lacking in true courage, and it is despicable. And it
is usually performed behind closed doors or in the dark where no one else can
see what is really going on. People who behave in this manner are living
according to their sinful flesh, and not according to the Word of God and to
his instructions for us who profess faith in Jesus Christ. And some of these
people are those who profess faith in the Lord Jesus and in his word.
This kind of behavior is predominant in those who are
addicted to sexual sin in its various forms and in those who are addicted to certain
drugs and/or to alcohol or gambling, and the like. It is not uncommon for the addicted
to try to keep their addiction a secret, and to lie about it as a coverup in
hoping that they will not be discovered and that the truth will not come out.
And they will even lie in advance about what they are doing in the dark or
behind closed doors to try to give a false impression of what is really taking
place.
But they continue in their addictive behaviors, and in their
lies and their coverups and their masks that they put on because they are
gutless and they lack the courage to be honest and to seek help. They do not
work decently at being delivered from their addiction, in the power of God, via
Jesus’ sacrifice for our sins on that cross, via their submission to the Lord
and their cooperation with him in his work of grace, which he would like to
work in their lives if only they were willing and would surrender to him.
And they are also those who lack genuine love for other
humans, for they will use and abuse others in order to get what they want. They
can be malicious, spiteful, vicious, and hostile toward anyone who would oppose
them and their behaviors, or who might try to help them to freedom. And, again,
this isn’t just about people who make no professions of faith in Jesus Christ,
but this is presently epidemic among many who say that they believe in Jesus
and who believe they are forgiven and on their way to heaven.
But God has a day of judgment in which the secrets of people’s
hearts will be exposed for what they are and when he will judge all of us
according to our deeds. And for those who make sinful addiction their idol, who
make sin their practice, and for whom righteous, godly, moral, upright, and
honest living, in walks of obedience to the Lord, are not their practice, they
will face the wrath of God, and they will not gain entry into eternal life with
God. And some of that judgment on their lives could come sooner than later.
[Matt 7:13-14,21-23; Lu 9:23-26; Jn
10:27-30; Ac 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co
6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph
2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Tit 2:11-14; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb
12:1-2; 1 Pet 2:24; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17; 1 Jn 3:4-10]
An
Original Work / August 29, 2018
Christ’s
Free Servant, Sue J Love
Your bond is broken with your Lord and
Savior
And your testimony is separate from
Him.
Your words not matching your actions
today.
Repent of your sin and bow down and
pray.
Live what you testify in truth always.
Purity’s lacking in your life and
witness,
For you profess one thing, but other
you do.
Not moral, spiritual. Still of the
flesh.
Not living in truth to what you
confess.
Lying about it puts you in a mess.
Living a lie is your practice, ‘tis
true of you.
Masquerade righteousness – none of it
true.
Your heart is not given to your Lord
God.
Because of how you live, you are a
fraud.
Turn from your sin and give your life
to God.
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Those Who Mask Their Sins
An Original Work / February 6,
2025
Christ’s Free
Servant, Sue J Love
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