Tuesday... So let's leave it behind and live.

Proverbs 9:6 (Amp), "Leave [behind] your foolishness [and the foolish] and live, and walk in the way of insight and understanding."

Tuesday... So let's leave it behind and live.

Solomon writes in Proverbs 9:6 (Amp), "Leave [behind] your foolishness [and the foolish] and live, and walk in the way of insight and understanding."

Now we need confidence but where does it come from, what is our source? James says in his letter in the NT in 4:6 (NLT), he quotes Proverbs 3:34 in the Greek version, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." Yes confidence from the wrong source can be a problem. "Leave [behind] your foolishness [and the foolish] and live." Yes, we need confidence but our confidence comes from God's insight and understanding.

Verse 7 says, "So submit to [the authority of] God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him] and he will flee."

In verse 14 (NLT) James asks, "How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like a morning fog - it is here a little while, then it's gone." Verse 15 (AMP) says, "Instead you ought to say, 'If the Lord wills, we will live and we will do this or that.'" That is where our confidence comes from.

Verse 8a (NIRV) says, "Come near to God, and he will come near to you." He is our insight and understanding.

Proverbs 9:10 (AMP) says, "The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] is the beginning and the preeminent part of wisdom [its starting point and its essence] and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding and spiritual insight."

And verse 11, "For by me (wisdom from God) your days will be multiplied, and years of life shall be increased."

So "Leave [behind] your foolishness [and the foolish] and live, and walk in the way of insight and understanding." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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