Wise Sayings From God
Things God Hates
Proverbs 6:16-19 (KJV)
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: [17] A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, [18] An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, [19] A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Pride
Proverbs 8:13 (KJV)
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Proverbs 11:2 (KJV)
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Proverbs 13:10 (KJV)
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Proverbs 14:3 (KJV)
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Proverbs 16:18 (KJV)
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 29:23 (KJV)
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Pride: self-exaltation, conceit, arrogance, haughtiness, putting oneself above others, looking down upon others, scorn, contempt. It means to lift one’s head above another, to hold contempt for another, to compare oneself with others. Pride can be hidden in the heart as well as openly displayed. God resists the proud (James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5; Proverbs 3:24).
“Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits” (Romans 12:16).
“And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know” (1 Cor. 8:2).
“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world” (1 John 2:16).
“The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined” (Psalm 10:2).
“Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil” (Proverbs 3:7).
“A high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin” (Proverbs 21:4).
“Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!” (Isaiah 5:21).
Lying tongue
Psalm 109:2 (KJV)
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
Proverbs 6:17 (KJV)
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 12:19 (KJV)
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Proverbs 21:6 (KJV)
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Proverbs 26:28 (KJV)
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Deceit: to bait, to snare, to mislead, to beguile, to be crafty and deceitful, to mislead or give a false impression by word, act, or influence. It is conniving and twisting the truth to get one’s own way. A man plots and deceives, doing whatever has to be done in order to get what he wants.
“Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips” (Romans 3:13).
“Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds” (Col. 3:9).
“Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man” (Psalm 5:6).
“He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight” (Psalm 101:7).
“And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity” (Jeremiah 9:5).
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9).
“For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth” (Micah 6:12).
Hands that shed innocent blood
Matthew 19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
Christ told the young man very simply, “Keep the commandments.” The young man asked, “Which?” By asking, the man revealed an inadequate concept of God’s law. He thought some were more important than others. He wanted to know which ones would give him life.
Christ struck at the man’s real problem. The man was failing to love his neighbor as himself, so Christ quoted five of the ten commandments, five that have to do with his duty toward his neighbor (Exodus 20:12-16).
1.Murder: concerns our neighbor’s life.
2.Adultery: concerns our neighbor’s chastity and purity. To commit adultery does two things.
Adultery takes the body of our neighbor to ourselves and gives our body to another.
Adultery takes the body of our neighbor’s spouse away from our neighbor and takes our own body away from our spouse.
3.Stealing: concerns our neighbor’s property.
4.False witness: concerns our neighbor’s name, reputation, and understanding of the truth.
5.Honoring parents: concerns our duty to the closest neighbors we have, our own family.
Christ summed up all five commandments by saying, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself” (Leviticus 19:18).
Murder: to kill, to take the life of another. Murder is a sin against the sixth commandment.
“Thou shalt not kill” (Exodus 20:13).
“He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness” (Matthew 19:18).
“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law” (Romans 13:8-10).
“Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him” (1 John 3:15).
A Heart that deviseth wicked imaginations
Evil Thoughts: thoughts and imaginations and ideas and concepts that are base, wrong, wicked, immoral, unjust, reprehensible; thoughts that are not what they should be; thoughts that are not moral, clean and pure; thoughts that are not just and equitable; thoughts that are not uplifting and edifying; thoughts that are not spiritual, but carnal. (Cp. Romans 8:6; 2 Cor. 10:5; Phil. 4:8. Cp. Matthew 5:28.) Evil thoughts are a sin against all the commandments (Exodus 20:1f).
“And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?” (Matthew 9:4).
“Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened” (Romans 1:21).
“And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Genesis 6:5).
“The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity” (Psalm 94:11).
“The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words” (Proverbs 15:26).
“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee” (Proverbs 23:7).
“The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men” (Proverbs 24:9).
“Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth” (Ezekiel 8:12).
Feet…swift in running to mischief
Wickedness: to be depraved, to be actively evil, to do mischief, to trouble others and cause harm, to be malicious, to be dangerous and destructive. It is malice, hatred, and ill-will. It is an active wickedness, a desire within the heart to do harm and to corrupt people. It is actually pursuing others in order to seduce them or to harm them.
“For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another” (Titus 3:3).
“For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue” (Psalm 5:9).
“The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth” (Psalm 37:12).
“For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall” (Proverbs 4:16).
“Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward” (Isaiah 1:4).
“But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt” (Isaiah 57:20).
A false witness that speaketh lies
Satan and men lie and deceive. It is their nature to protect and look after themselves. This is the meaning of the phrase, “he speaketh of his own”; that is, he is at ease and comfortable in lying. This hurts the pride of man, but it is his nature...
· to look after himself even if he has to lie (cheat, steal, manuever, whatever) to get.
· to protect himself by misleading, deceiving, and twisting the truth.
“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them” (2 Cor. 4:3-4).
“For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works” (2 Cor. 11:13-15).
Anything that is not true is false—whether a lie, thoughts, ideas, words, or acts. Lying is of the devil and exposes a person to be a child of the devil. A person is certainly not of God if he is lying. His father is not the Father of Jesus.
“No lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also” (1 John 2:21-23).
Jesus tells us the truth, but we often times refuse to accept it. It’s tough to accept the truth that we might follow and behave as a child of the devil. However, we must accept the truth if we are to change and see our world changed to become a child of God’s, the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ.
He who soweth discord among brethren.
Proverbs 6:14 (KJV)
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Proverbs 6:19 (KJV)
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Blasphemy: to slander, insult, revile, speak evil of God or man.
“Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: but he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation” (Mark 3:28-29).
“Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme” (1 Tim. 1:20).
“Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?” (James 2:7).
“Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves” (Psalm 80:6).
“Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes” (Psalm 119:23).
We must put away these things in order that we may more effectively propagate the “Good News” of Jesus Christ to a lost and dying world and to have better fellowship among the body of Christ…
