Matthew 1:23 / Isaiah 7:14

• Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).
• Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Matthew 2:6 / Micah 5:2

• Matthew 2:6 “‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'”
• Micah 5:2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.

Matthew 2:15 / Hosea 11:1

• Matthew 2:15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
• Hosea 11:1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.

Matthew 2:18 / Jeremiah 31:15

• Matthew 2:18 “A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.”
• Jeremiah 31:15 Thus says the LORD: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”

Matthew 3:3 / Isaiah 40:3

• Matthew 3:3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.'”
• Isaiah 40:3 A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Matthew 4:4 / Deuteronomy 8:3

• Matthew 4:4 But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'”
• Deuteronomy 8:3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

Matthew 4:6 / Psalms 91:11-12

• Matthew 4:6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written: He will give his angelsr orders concerning you, and they will support you with their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone
• Psalms 91:11-12 For he will give his angels orders concerning you, to protect you in all your ways. 12 They will support you with their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

Matthew 4:7 / Deuteronomy 6:16

• Matthew 4:7 Jesus told him, “It is also written: Do not test the Lord your God.”
• Deuteronomy 6:16 Do not test the Lord your God as you tested him at Massah.

Matthew 4:10 / Deuteronomy 6:13 and 10:20

• Matthew 4:10 Then Jesus told him, “Go away,I Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.”
• Deuteronomy 6:13 Fear the Lord your God, worship him, and take your oaths in his name.
• Deuteronomy 10:20 You are to fear the Lord your God and worship him. Remain faithful to him and take oaths in his name.

Matthew 4:15-16 / Isaiah 9:1-2

• Matthew 4:15-16 Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, along the road by the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. 16 The people who live in darkness
  have seen a great light, and for those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
• Isaiah 9:1-2 Nevertheless, the gloom of the distressed land will not be like that of the former times when he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali.ab But in the future he will bring honor to the way of the sea, to the land east of the Jordan, and to Galilee of the nations. 2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; a light has dawned
  on those living in the land of darkness.

Matthew 5:5 / Psalms 37:11

• Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the humble, for they will inherit the earth.
• Psalms 37:11 But the humble will inherit the land and will enjoy abundant prosperity.

Matthew 5:21 / Exodus 20:13 and Deuteronomy 5:17

• Matthew 5:21 “You have heard that it was said to our ancestors, Do not murder, and whoever murders will be subject to judgment.
• Exodus 20:13 Do not murder
• Deuteronomy 5:17 Do not murder

Matthew 5:27/ Exodus 20:14

• Matthew 5:27 “You have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery.
• Exodus 20:14 Do not commit adultery.

Matthew 5:31 / Deuteronomy 24:1

• Matthew 5:31 “It was also said, Whoever divorcese his wife must give her a written notice of divorce
• Deuteronomy 24:1 If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a divorce certificate, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.

Matthew 5:33 / Exodus 20:7 / Leviticus 19:12

• Matthew 5:33 Again, you have heard that it was said to our ancestors, You must not break your oath, but you must keep your oaths to the Lord.
• Exodus 20:7 Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses his name
• Leviticus 19:12 Do not swear falsely by my name, profaning the name of your God;ab I am the Lord

Matthew 5:38 / Exodus 21:24 and Leviticus 24:20

• Matthew 5:38 You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
• Exodus 21:24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot
• Leviticus 24:20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Whatever injury he inflicted on the person, the same is to be inflicted on him.

Matthew 5:43 / Leviticus 19:18

• Matthew 5:43 “You have heard that it was said, Love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.
• Leviticus 19:18 Do not take revengeao or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself;

Matthew 5:48/ Genesis 17:1

• Matthew 5:48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect
• Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, “I am God Almighty. Live in my presence and be blameless

Matthew 5:21 / Exodus 20:13

• Matthew 5:21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’
• Exodus 20:13 “You shall not murder.
• Deu 5:17 “‘You shall not murder.

Matthew 5:27 / Ex 20:14 / Deu 5:18

• Matthew 5:27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’
• Exo 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.
• Deu 5:18 “‘And you shall not commit adultery.

Matthew 5:31 / Deuteronomy 24:1

• Matthew 5:31 “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’
• Deuteronomy 24:1 “When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house,

Matthew 5:33 / Exodus 20:7 / Leviticus 19:12

• Matthew 5:33 “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’
• Exodus 20:7 “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
• Leviticus 19:12 You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

Matthew 5:38 / Exodus 21:24 / Leviticus 24:20 / Deuteronomy 19:21

• Matthew 5:38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’
• Exodus 21:24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot
• Leviticus 24:20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him
• Deuteronomy 19:21 Your eye shall not pity. It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot

Matthew 5:43 / Lev 19:18

• Matthew 5:43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
• Leviticus 19:18 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.

Matthew 5:48 / Genesis 17:1

• Matthew 5:48 You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
• Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless,

Matthew 7:23 / Psalm 6:8

• Matthew 7:23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
• Psalm 6:8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.

Mat 8:4 / Lev 14:2,3

• Mat 8:4 And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.”
• Lev 14:2,3 “This shall be the law of the leprous person for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest, 3 and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall look. Then, if the case of leprous disease is healed in the leprous person,

Mat 8:17 / Isa 53:4

• Mat 8:17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”
• Isa 53:4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.

Mat 9:13 / Hos 6:6

• Mat 9:13 Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
• Hos 6:6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Mat 10:35, 36 / Mic 7:6

• Mat 10:35, 26 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household.
• Mic 7:6 for the son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

Mat 11:5 / Isa 35:5 / Isa 29:18

• Mat 11:5 the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
• Isa 35:5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
• Isa 29:18 In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.

Mat 11:10 / Mal 3:1

• Mat 11:10 This is he of whom it is written, “‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
  
• Mal 3:1 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts.

Mat 11:14 / Mal 4:5

• Mat 11:14 and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.
• Mal 4:5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.

Mat 12:3 / 1Sa 21:6

• Mat 12:3 He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:
• 1Sa 21:6 So the priest gave him the holy bread, for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence, which is removed from before the LORD, to be replaced by hot bread on the day it is taken away.

Mat 12:5 / Num 28:9, 10

• Mat 12:5 Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?
• Num 28:9, 10 “On the Sabbath day, two male lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, and its drink offering: 10 this is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.

Mat 12:7 / Hos 6:6

• Mat 12:7 And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
• Hos 6:6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Mat 12:18 / Isa 42:1

• Mat 12:18 “Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
• Isa 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.

Mat 12:18-21 / Isa 42:1-4

• Mat 12:18-21 “Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. 19 He will not quarrel or cry aloud, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets; 20 a bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory; 21 and in his name the Gentiles will hope.”
• Isa 42:1-4 Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. 2 He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street; 3 a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice. 4 He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.

Mat 12:40 / Jonah 1:17

• Mat 12:40 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
• Jonah 1:17 And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Mat 12:42 / 1Ki 10:1

• Mat 12:42 The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
• 1Ki 10:1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions.

Mat 13:14 / Isa 6:9,10

• Mat 13:14 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: “‘”You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
• Isa 6:9,10 And he said, “Go, and say to this people: “‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’ 10 Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”

Mat 13:35 / Psa 78:2

• Mat 13:35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”
• Psa 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,

Mat 15:4 / Exo 20:12

• Mat 15:4 For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’
• Exo 20:12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Mat 15:4 / Deu 5:16 / Exo 21:17 / Lev 20:9 / Pro 20:20

• Mat 15:4 For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’
• Deu 5:16 “‘Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
• Exo 21:17 “Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death.
• Lev 20:9 For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him.
• Pro 20:20 If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

Mat 15:8,9 / Isa 29:13

• Mat 15:8, 9 “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
  Mat 15:9 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'”
• Isa 29:13 And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

Mat 16:4 / Jon 1:17

Mt 17:10 Mal 4:5

Mt 18:15 Le 19:17

Mt 18:16 Le 19:15

Mt 18:16 De 19:15

Mt 19:4 Ge 1:27

Mt 19:5 Ge 2:24

Mt 19:7 De 24:1

Mt 19:18 Ex 20:12

Mt 19:19 Le 19:18

Mt 19:26 Jer 32:17

Mt 21:5 Zec 9:9

Mt 21:9 Ps 118:26

Mt 21:13 Isa 56:7

Mt 21:13 Jer 7:11

Mt 21:16 Ps 8:2

Mt 21:33 Isa 5:1

Mt 21:42 Ps 118:22,23

Mt 21:44 Isa 8:14

Mt 21:44 Zec 12:3

Mt 21:44 Da 2:34,35,44

Mt 22:24 De 25:5

Mt 22:32 Ex 3:6

Mt 22:37 De 6:5

Mt 22:39 Le 19:18

Mt 22:44 Ps 110:1

Mt 23:35 Ge 4:8

Mt 23:35 2Ch 24:21,22

Mt 23:38 Ps 69:25

Mt 23:38 Jer 12:7

Mt 23:38 Jer 22:5

Mt 23:39 Ps 118:26

Mt 24:15 Da 9:27

Mt 24:15 Da 8:13

Mt 24:15 Da 11:31

Mt 24:15 Da 12:11

Mt 24:21 Jer 30:7

Mt 24:29 Isa 13:9,10 Joe 2:10

Mt 24:29 Joe 3:15

Mt 24:29 Eze 32:7

Mt 24:35 Isa 51:16

Mt 24:37 Ge 7:4

Mt 25:41 Ps 6:8

Mt 26:24 Ps 22:1-31

Mt 26:31 Zec 13:7

Mt 26:60 Ps 35:11

Mt 26:67 Isa 50:6

Mt 27:9,10 Zec 11:13

Mt 27:35 Ps 22:18

Mt 27:43 Ps 22:7,8,9

Mt 27:46 Ps 22:1

Mt 28:18 Da 7:14

• Omnipresent. Psalm 139:7-8 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
• Searcher of your spirit. 1 Corinthians 2:10–11 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
• The Holy Spirit can be grieved. Ephesians 4:30 (ESV) And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
• Intercedes for us: Romans 8:26-27 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
• The Holy Spirit makes decisions according to His will: 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
• Helper:

• John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,
• John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

• Convicts “unbelievers” of their sin = John 16:8-11 When He (the Holy Spirit) comes, He will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.”
• Guarantees our Salvation: Ephesians 1:13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
• He assists us in Prayer: Jude 1:20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit
• Regenerates and Renews Believers: Titus 3:5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit
• Baptizes believers into the body of Christ: Romans 6:3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
• Gives new birth threw His power: John 3:5-8 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’8. The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
•Comforts believers with Fellowship and Joy:

• 1 Thessalonians 1:6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
• 2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

• Fills us with Joy and Peace: Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
• Sanctification: Galatians 5:19-26
• Gift Giver; Spiritual Gifts = 1 Corinthians 12:4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
• Testifies of Christ, pointing people to the Lord = John 15:26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
• The Spirit helps us to understand God and His word = 1 Corinthians 2: 12-13 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.

Romans 8:38-39 “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 5:24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.”

John 6:37-39 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. 39. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.

John 6:47 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life.

John 10:28-29 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

John 11:25-26 “Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

Acts 16:31 31 And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Romans 5:8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 10:9 because, if myou confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and nbelieve in your heart othat God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

2 Corinthians 5:21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

1 John 5:11-13 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12, Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life 13. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.

Philippians 1:6 “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.”

Hebrews 7:25 Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

Daniel

Daniel was taken prisoner and taken to Babylon during the first deportation in 606 BC. See Habakkuk, Chapters 1 to 3.

• He and other members of the Judean royal and noble families were given special training to serve in the Babylonian court.
• He quickly gained a reputation as an “interpreter of dreams and riddles”, which led to his appointment to high government posts in Babylon.
• He lived in Babylon for seventy years until the Babylonians were defeated by Persia in 539 BC.
• He was not like the other prophets because he did NOT say “Thus says the Lord”. Instead, he was primarily an interpreter of dreams and riddles and received visions himself.
• The story of Daniel in the lions den, and, Daniels three friends in the fiery furnace comes from the book of Daniel.

Chapters: | 1 | 2 | 3| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |9 | |10 | |11 ||12

Chapter 1

Daniel Taken to Babylon

Dan 1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
Dan 1:2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.

• Nebuchandnezzar “thought” that he had won the victory, but it is important to understand here that God was in control. It was God who had allowed this to happen to punish, correct, and restore the Jewish nation. God is sovereign, a major focus point in the book of Daniel.
• For more prophesies concerning the fall of Israel and Judah, see Leviticus, Chapter 26; the books of Habakkuk, Jeremiah, Isaiah and Zephaniah.
• Shinar = Babylon, which is now in present day Iraq.
• to the house of his god = the Babylonians worshipped numerous gods. King Nebuchadnezzar was making an offering to his false god, thanking him for the victory that he believed his god had given him over the God of Judah.

Dan 1:3 And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes;

• Next, the kings sets aside a group of gifted young men and grooms them for his special service.

Dan 1:4 Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

• Children in whom was no blemish = these young men were being trained to be leaders, representing the leadership of Babylon. They were going to act as mediators between the Judean captives and the leaders of Babylon.
• whom they might teach = The Babylons intended to indoctrinate the young men into the teachings of their culture and pagan religions. As you will soon read, these young men were able to resist this idea and not taking on any of their pagan beliefs.

Dan 1:5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.

• daily provision of the king’s meat

= self indulgence in the finer things of the world. King Nebuchadnezzar meant to earn the favor and loyalty of these young men by seducing them to abandon their foreign ways and embrace Babylonian culture and paganism.

Dan 1:6 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
Dan 1:7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.

• prince of the eunuchs gave names = giving someone a new name demonstrates complete authority over that person, so in this instance Nebuchadnezzar was establishing his authority over the young men of Judah. Daniel, and his three friends names were changed from Hebrew names that honored God, to new names that honored the false Babylonian gods.

Daniel’s Faithfulness

Dan 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

• Daniel purposed in his heart = Daniel was determined to be faithful to God even before he was faced with making any decision. The Hebrew might be translated “he fixed his will” or firmly resolved himself on that course of action.
• would not defile himself = the kings diet included food that had been sacrificed to idols as well as things the Lord had commanded His people to not eat (such as pork). To east such things would have publicly identified Daniel with the false gods, and it would have placed him contrary to god’s commands. Daniel and his friends were determined not to be seduced into pagan practices, even while obeying the king’s will whenever it did not conflict with God’s Word. They were striving to be in the world but not of the world.

Dan 1:9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.

• God had brought Daniel into favour = God had specifically brought him into favor. The captivity was part of His deliberate plan, and He was using those who remained faithful to accomplish His purposes. All that was required of Daniel and his friends was for them to remain obedient to His Word, and the Lord would take care of the details.

Dan 1:10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.
Dan 1:11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
Dan 1:12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
Dan 1:13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king’s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
Dan 1:14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.

This is yet another proof of God’s sovereign grace. God led this man to allow Daniel and his three friends to get an exception to the King’s policies. This was risky for the prince of the eunuchs.

Dan 1:15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat.

This is not a biblical endorsement of vegetarianism. This is an example of God being in control and
being involved in this situation.

Dan 1:16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.
Dan 1:17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
Dan 1:18 Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
Dan 1:19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
Dan 1:20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
Dan 1:21 And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.

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Chapter 2

Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

Dan 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

his spirit was troubled = God uses dreams to warn people. See:
Genesis 3, encourage Joseph. Genesis 41, warns Pharaoh.

Dan 2:2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

astrologers, sorcerers. See my bible study entitled “Witchcraft and Sorcery“.

Dan 2:3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
Dan 2:4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

Tell thy servants the dream = you can see that anyone can fake it. Anyone can hear a story, and then weave their own interpretation. But the King was smarter than that, he thought this was important, and he needed to know that he was getting the truthful, correct answer.

Dan 2:5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

ye shall be cut in pieces = if the astrologers and magicians were actually hearing from a “god”, then they should be able to get the dream. But, if they can’t tell the King the dream, then they were liars, and should be killed.

Dan 2:6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
Dan 2:7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.

Let the king tell his servants the dream = by now, the magicians were terrified. They knew that they could not do what the king was demanding.

Dan 2:8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
Dan 2:9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
Dan 2:10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
Dan 2:11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

whose dwelling is not with flesh = the Chaldeans / Babylonians were totally wrong about this. God IS present with us, he does dwell with us! He is ever present, omnipresent.

Dan 2:12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
Dan 2:13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

they sought Daniel and his fellows = Daniel and his three friends were considered one of these men, they were in danger now too.

Dan 2:14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

answered with counsel and wisdom = here we go again, Daniel was being tactful, intelligent. Obviously God was with Daniel and clearing his path too.

Dan 2:15 He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
Dan 2:16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

God Reveals Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

Dan 2:17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
Dan 2:18 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

That they would desire mercies of the God = what do you do when you have a serious problem, you get on your knees and pray.

Dan 2:19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
Dan 2:20 Daniel answered and said,

Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: Dan 2:21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
Dan 2:22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
Dan 2:23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king’s matter.
Dan 2:24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.

Dan 2:25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
Dan 2:26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
Dan 2:27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
Dan 2:28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;

Notice that Daniel immediately gave all credit to the God of Israel, our God in heaven.

Dan 2:29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
Dan 2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

Daniel Interprets the Dream

Dan 2:31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
Dan 2:32 This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
Dan 2:33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Dan 2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Dan 2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Dan 2:36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
Dan 2:37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
Dan 2:38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
Dan 2:39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

Dan 2:40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
Dan 2:41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
Dan 2:42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
Dan 2:43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Dan 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Dan 2:45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

• Gold is Babylon, 605-539 BC.
• Silver Chest and Arms is Medo-Persia, 539 – 331 BC.
• Bronze Stomach and Thighs is Greece, 331 – 141 BC.
• Iron and Fired Clay will be the existing world power at the time of Christ’s return

Daniel Is Promoted

Dan 2:46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
Dan 2:47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
Dan 2:48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
Dan 2:49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

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Chapter 3

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Chapter 4

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Chapter 5

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Chapter 6

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Chapter 7

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Chapter 8

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Chapter 9

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Chapter 10

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Chapter 11

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Chapter 12

PROVERBS

AUTHOR: Solomon

Proverbs 6:1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger, 2 if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth, 3 then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: go, hasten, and plead urgently with your neighbor. 4 Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber; 5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

6:6 Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. 7 Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, 8 she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest. 9 How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, 11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.

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THE WAY OF THE SLACKER
Rev. Mark Dooley, 8.12.18
1. The outline of the slacker
a. He loves to sleep.
b. He is more a nuisance than a help.
c. He has a know it all attitude.
d. He often makes excuses.
i. Proverbs 20:4 The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
2. The outcome for a slacker
a. He lives in poverty and hunger.
b. He loses his freedom, becoming a slave.
c. He loses opportunities.

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Proverbs 6:12 12 A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech,13 winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger, 14 with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord; 15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing. 16 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, 19 a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Warnings Against Adultery

20 My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching. 21 Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck. 22 When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you. 23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life, 24 to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. 25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes; 26 for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts down a precious life. 27 Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned? 28 Or can one walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched? 29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; none who touches her will go unpunished. 30 People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry, Proverbs 6:31 but if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house. 32 He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself. 33 He will get wounds and dishonor, and his disgrace will not be wiped away. 34 For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge. 35 He will accept no compensation; he will refuse though you multiply gifts.

CHAPTER 19
PROV 19:25 Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

CHAPTER 21
PROV 21: 11 When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.

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THE WAY OF THE MOCKER – Proverbs 19:25 and Proverbs 21:11
Rev Mark Dooley, 8/19/18
Leonardtown Baptist Church

PROV 19:25 Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge. PROV 21: 11 When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.

1. Those who love correction. The discerning, wise. Open to correction, all it takes is a word from a wise person. Hebrews 12 says God corrects/disciplines the ones he loves. Correction isn’t a bad thing if we are going in the wrong direction.

2. Those who learn correction. Inexperienced person. When they see what happens to the mocker, they learn a lesson, they become wiser. Proverbs 22:3 A sensible person sees danger and takes cover, but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

3. Those who loaths correction
a. He has a drought of conviction. There is nothing that correct his ways. He remains in draught condition. Proverbs 14:15 The inexperienced one believes anything, but the sensible one watches his steps. The mocker lives with a lack of convictions. Here are a few convictions that are not negotiable for the Christian:
i. The scripture is the word of God. It doesn’t just contain the words of God, it IS the word of God.
ii. Jesus died on the cross and rose again three days later. Not just an Easter truth, it is a core belief of Christianity.
iii. Jesus will come again in the future. Maranatha which means comes quickly Lord. And when he does come, all people will stand before him in judgment to give an account of your life.
b. He is devoted to complacency. Proverbsverbs 1:22 How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance? How long will you mockers enjoy mocking and you fools hate knowledge?
c. He defies change. The mocker can’t be taught anything because he thinks he already knows everything. Proverbsverbs 21:24 Proverbsverbs 15:12 Proverbsverbs 13:1 . Do you defy change in your life? If you do, then maybe you are walking the way of the mocker. Do you give consideration to what other people are saying? God might be trying to speak to your heart through a friend.
d. He desires contention. Proverbsverbs 29:8 Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger. Some people flame contention in the church. Instead of trying to help, they fan the flames of contention. The mocker can’t see what they are doing, they are blind. The mocker is TOXIC and spreads INFECTION. Proverbsverbs 22:10 Drive out a mocker, and conflict goes too; then quarreling and dishonor will cease.

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Proverbs 26:1 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
Proverbs 26:2 Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.
Proverbs 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
Proverbs 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.
Proverbs 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26:6 Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
Proverbs 26:7 Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26:8 Like one who binds the stone in the sling is one who gives honor to a fool.
Proverbs 26:9 Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26:10 Like an archer who wounds everyone is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.
Proverbs 26:11 Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.
Proverbs 26:12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 26:13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!”
Proverbs 26:14 As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.
Proverbs 26:15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
Proverbs 26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.
Proverbs 26:17 Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
Proverbs 26:18 Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death
Proverbs 26:19 is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!”
Proverbs 26:20 For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
Proverbs 26:21 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Proverbs 26:22 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
Proverbs 26:23 Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart.
Proverbs 26:24 Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;
Proverbs 26:25 when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart;
Proverbs 26:26 though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
Proverbs 26:27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.
Proverbs 26:28 A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

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The Way of the Fool
Proverbs 26:1-12
Rev Mark Dooley, Leonardtown Baptist Church
8/26/18

1. Three TYPES of foolishness (3 Hebrew words representing foolishness)
a. Kesyl = stubbornness
b. Ewil = perversion
i. Proverbs 19:1 Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
ii. Proverbs 7:21-22 With much seductive speech she persuades him, with her smooth talk she persuades him.
c. Nabal = bully
i. 1 Samuel 25:10-11 And Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse. There are many servants these day who are breaking away from their masters. 11 Shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to men who come from where I do not know where?”
ii. 1 Samuel 25-25 Let not my Lord regard this worthless fellow Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent
2. Five traits of foolishness
a. Fools are unrighteous
i. Proverbs 10:23 Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool, but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.
ii. Proverbs 14:9 Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance.
b. Fools are unwise
i. Proverbs 23:9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words
ii. Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
c. Fools are unrealistic
i. Proverbs 17:24 The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
d. Fools are undisciplined
i. With their money. Proverbs 21:20 Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man’s dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.
ii. With their mouth. Proverbs 15:2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
iii. In their moods. Proverbs 29:11 A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back. Proverbs 12:6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.
e. Fools are Unteachable
i. Proverbs 15:5 A fool despises his father’s instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.
3. Two truths of foolishness
a. Foolishness is inseparately bound to sin.
i. Proverbs 24:9 The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.
ii. Proverbs 14:24 The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the folly of fools brings folly.
b. Foolishness is ineffectively dealt with other than by grace.
i. Proverbs 27:22 Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.

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