Proverbs 22 (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 22 (WEB)

1A good name is more desirable than great riches,

and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

2The rich and the poor have this in common:

Yahweh is the maker of them all.

3A prudent man sees danger and hides himself;

but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

4The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh

is wealth, honor, and life.

5Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked;

whoever guards his soul stays far from them.

6Train up a child in the way he should go,

and when he is old he will not depart from it.

7The rich rule over the poor.

The borrower is servant to the lender.

8He who sows wickedness reaps trouble,

and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

9He who has a generous eye will be blessed,

for he shares his food with the poor.

10Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out;

yes, quarrels and insults will stop.

11He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully

is the king’s friend.

12Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge,

but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

13The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!

I will be killed in the streets!”

14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit.

He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.

15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child;

the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

16Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich,

both come to poverty.

17Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise.

Apply your heart to my teaching.

18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you,

if all of them are ready on your lips.

19I teach you today, even you,

so that your trust may be in Yahweh.

20Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things

of counsel and knowledge,

21To teach you truth, reliable words,

to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?

22Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor;

and don’t crush the needy in court;

23for Yahweh will plead their case,

and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

24Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man.

Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,

25lest you learn his ways

and ensnare your soul.

26Don’t you be one of those who strike hands,

of those who are collateral for debts.

27If you don’t have means to pay,

why should he take away your bed from under you?

28Don’t move the ancient boundary stone

which your fathers have set up.

29Do you see a man skilled in his work?

He will serve kings.

He won’t serve obscure men.

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