Proverbs 26 (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 26 (WEB)

1Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,

so honor is not fitting for a fool.

2Like a fluttering sparrow,

like a darting swallow,

so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.

3A whip is for the horse,

a bridle for the donkey,

and a rod for the back of fools!

4Don’t answer a fool according to his folly,

lest you also be like him.

5Answer a fool according to his folly,

lest he be wise in his own eyes.

6One who sends a message by the hand of a fool

is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

7Like the legs of the lame that hang loose,

so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

8As one who binds a stone in a sling,

so is he who gives honor to a fool.

9Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard,

so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

10As an archer who wounds all,

so is he who hires a fool

or he who hires those who pass by.

11As a dog that returns to his vomit,

so is a fool who repeats his folly.

12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

13The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!

A fierce lion roams the streets!”

14As the door turns on its hinges,

so does the sluggard on his bed.

15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish.

He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes

than seven men who answer with discretion.

17Like one who grabs a dog’s ears

is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

18Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,

19is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”

20For lack of wood a fire goes out.

Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

21As coals are to hot embers,

and wood to fire,

so is a contentious man to kindling strife.

22The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,

they go down into the innermost parts.

23Like silver dross on an earthen vessel

are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.

24A malicious man disguises himself with his lips,

but he harbors evil in his heart.

25When his speech is charming, don’t believe him,

for there are seven abominations in his heart.

26His malice may be concealed by deception,

but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

27Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it.

Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

28A lying tongue hates those it hurts;

and a flattering mouth works ruin.

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