Proverbs 21 (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 21 (WEB)

1The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses.

He turns it wherever he desires.

2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,

but Yahweh weighs the hearts.

3To do righteousness and justice

is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

4A high look and a proud heart,

the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

5The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit;

and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

6Getting treasures by a lying tongue

is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

7The violence of the wicked will drive them away,

because they refuse to do what is right.

8The way of the guilty is devious,

but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

9It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop

than to share a house with a contentious woman.

10The soul of the wicked desires evil;

his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

11When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom.

When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked,

and brings the wicked to ruin.

13Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor,

he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

14A gift in secret pacifies anger,

and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

15It is joy to the righteous to do justice;

but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

16The man who wanders out of the way of understanding

shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.

17He who loves pleasure will be a poor man.

He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.

18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,

the treacherous for the upright.

19It is better to dwell in a desert land,

than with a contentious and fretful woman.

20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise,

but a foolish man swallows it up.

21He who follows after righteousness and kindness

finds life, righteousness, and honor.

22A wise man scales the city of the mighty,

and brings down the strength of its confidence.

23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue

keeps his soul from troubles.

24The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name—

he works in the arrogance of pride.

25The desire of the sluggard kills him,

for his hands refuse to labor.

26There are those who covet greedily all day long;

but the righteous give and don’t withhold.

27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination—

how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

28A false witness will perish.

A man who listens speaks to eternity.

29A wicked man hardens his face;

but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

30There is no wisdom nor understanding

nor counsel against Yahweh.

31The horse is prepared for the day of battle;

but victory is with Yahweh.

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