Proverbs 20 (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 20 (WEB)

1Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler.

Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

2The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion.

He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,

but every fool will be quarreling.

4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;

therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,

but a man of understanding will draw it out.

6Many men claim to be men of unfailing love,

but who can find a faithful man?

7A righteous man walks in integrity.

Blessed are his children after him.

8A king who sits on the throne of judgment

scatters away all evil with his eyes.

9Who can say, “I have made my heart pure.

I am clean and without sin”?

10Differing weights and differing measures,

both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

11Even a child makes himself known by his doings,

whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,

Yahweh has made even both of them.

13Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty.

Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

14“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer;

but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

15There is gold and abundance of rubies,

but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

16Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger;

and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

17Fraudulent food is sweet to a man,

but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

18Plans are established by advice;

by wise guidance you wage war!

19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets;

therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

20Whoever curses his father or his mother,

his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning

won’t be blessed in the end.

22Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.”

Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

23Yahweh detests differing weights,

and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

24A man’s steps are from Yahweh;

how then can man understand his way?

25It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication,

then later to consider his vows.

26A wise king winnows out the wicked,

and drives the threshing wheel over them.

27The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp,

searching all his innermost parts.

28Love and faithfulness keep the king safe.

His throne is sustained by love.

29The glory of young men is their strength.

The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

30Wounding blows cleanse away evil,

and beatings purge the innermost parts.

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