Proverbs 3 (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 3 (WEB)

1My son, don’t forget my teaching,

but let your heart keep my commandments,

2for they will add to you length of days,

years of life, and peace.

3Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you.

Bind them around your neck.

Write them on the tablet of your heart.

4So you will find favor,

and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

5Trust in Yahweh with all your heart,

and don’t lean on your own understanding.

6In all your ways acknowledge him,

and he will make your paths straight.

7Don’t be wise in your own eyes.

Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

8It will be health to your body,

and nourishment to your bones.

9Honor Yahweh with your substance,

with the first fruits of all your increase;

10so your barns will be filled with plenty,

and your vats will overflow with new wine.

11My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline,

neither be weary of his correction;

12for whom Yahweh loves, he corrects,

even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

13Happy is the man who finds wisdom,

the man who gets understanding.

14For her good profit is better than getting silver,

and her return is better than fine gold.

15She is more precious than rubies.

None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

16Length of days is in her right hand.

In her left hand are riches and honor.

17Her ways are ways of pleasantness.

All her paths are peace.

18She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her.

Happy is everyone who retains her.

19By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth.

By understanding, he established the heavens.

20By his knowledge, the depths were broken up,

and the skies drop down the dew.

21My son, let them not depart from your eyes.

Keep sound wisdom and discretion,

22so they will be life to your soul,

and grace for your neck.

23Then you shall walk in your way securely.

Your foot won’t stumble.

24When you lie down, you will not be afraid.

Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

25Don’t be afraid of sudden fear,

neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes;

26for Yahweh will be your confidence,

and will keep your foot from being taken.

27Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due,

when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

28Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again;

tomorrow I will give it to you,”

when you have it by you.

29Don’t devise evil against your neighbor,

since he dwells securely by you.

30Don’t strive with a man without cause,

if he has done you no harm.

31Don’t envy the man of violence.

Choose none of his ways.

32For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh,

but his friendship is with the upright.

33Yahweh’s curse is in the house of the wicked,

but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

34Surely he mocks the mockers,

but he gives grace to the humble.

35The wise will inherit glory,

but shame will be the promotion of fools.

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