Proverbs 18 (WEB)

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Yahweh, the Personal Name of God

Word Study | Israel Loken • Hershel Wayne House
יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh ·Strong's H3068

Strictly speaking, the only personal name of God belonging to Him alone, and the most significant name of God found in the Old Testament (over 5000 times).  Yahweh is the approximate (and likely) pronunciation of the tetragrammaton, the four-letter word YHWH.  When Moses asked what His name was to take back to the Hebrews in Egypt, God replied, “I AM THAT I AM (אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶֽהְיֶ֑ה ehyeh esher ehyeh): and he said, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, I AM (אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה, ehyeh, 1st person singular, giving God's declaration of His name) has sent me to you” (Exod 3:14).  Thus God revealed to Moses the very essential meaning of His name as Yahweh (יְהוָ֞ה, Yahweh, 3rd person singular, the response of the people of God, He is).  There is a strong indication that Jesus (or Yeshua, Yahweh is salvation) used this name and its divine implication to apply to himself when he said, “Before Abraham was, I AM” (ἐγὼ εἰμί, egō eimi) (John 8:58).  Thus, the very Person who spoke to Moses out of the burning bush was the very same Person who addressed the startled Jews in the Gospel of John.

For a more complete discussion of the personal name of God, see the passage in Exodus in which He reveals His name to Moses, Exodus 3:14, 15.

A Name of God (אֱלֹהִים; 'elohim)

Word Study | Hershel Wayne House
אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym ·Strong's H430

This is a generic name for the divine being. In the Hebrew Bible, the word is regularly used in the plural in reference to the God of Israel but in regard to His majesty or intensity. The plural has a third person singular with the God of Israel, but a third plural with foreign deities.

Abba, Father

Word Study | Hershel Wayne House • Steve Stanley
Ἀββᾶ Abbâ ·Strong's G5

This Aramaic term is used only three times in the NT and approximately 80 times in the writings of the early church fathers when quoting or paraphrasing Jesus’ words. It is translated by the very next word in this verse as ὁ πατήρ (ho pater) “the Father,” as it is in all three NT uses. Jesus spoke in Aramaic, and Hebrew, both languages being used in Israel. In Jesus’ day, abba was used for the father in the family, and was a customary title for God in prayer among the Jews. It was eventually taken over by Greek-speaking Christians as a liturgical formula. Some posit that abba is equivalent to “daddy,” an American English term for “father.” This assumes that the American informality expressed by children toward their father would have an analogy in Jesus’ culture, an assumption difficult to sustain. It is, therefore, not appropriate to refer to God as “daddy.” Linguistically, then, abba means "father" in Hebrew, Greek and English. It must be noted, however, that while “father” is a term of respect in biblical literature, it is also a term of affection, very deep and abiding affection. With His use of “Abba,” Jesus expresses His respectful and intimate relationship with His Heavenly Father in prayer, a wonderful example for all believers.

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Proverbs 18 (WEB)

1A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness,

and defies all sound judgment.

2A fool has no delight in understanding,

but only in revealing his own opinion.

3When wickedness comes, contempt also comes,

and with shame comes disgrace.

4The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters.

The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

5To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good,

nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

6A fool’s lips come into strife,

and his mouth invites beatings.

7A fool’s mouth is his destruction,

and his lips are a snare to his soul.

8The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels:

they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

9One who is slack in his work

is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

10Yahweh’s name is a strong tower:

the righteous run to him, and are safe.

11The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,

like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

12Before destruction the heart of man is proud,

but before honor is humility.

13He who answers before he hears,

that is folly and shame to him.

14A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness,

but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

15The heart of the discerning gets knowledge.

The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

16A man’s gift makes room for him,

and brings him before great men.

17He who pleads his cause first seems right—

until another comes and questions him.

18The lot settles disputes,

and keeps strong ones apart.

19A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city.

Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

20A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth.

With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

21Death and life are in the power of the tongue;

those who love it will eat its fruit.

22Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing,

and obtains favor of Yahweh.

23The poor plead for mercy,

but the rich answer harshly.

24A man of many companions may be ruined,

but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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