Grasping the Word
GRASPING THE WORD is practical discussion of Bible principles and suggestions of what one can read, memorize, meditate upon and study to get a Grasp of the specified verse of the week.Podcasts are focused on the verse of the week. The 2022 edition has the theme, "WORSHIP AND WISDOM FROM THE WORD." Each month there is a Proverb and a Psalm of the Month. The intent is to help listeners learn to apply the Word of God to their worship and prayer as well as gauging the rest of their life through the looking glass of God's Word (James 1:23). A video of the Psalm of the month is available for viewing https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKj9tdDrxkyL3Lux7Nv4VaA/videos
Grasping the Word
Proverbs 6:16-19
The Proverb for the month of April, 2022 is chapter 6:16-19
16 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.
Although there are 7 things listed in these verses which are indentified as thing the Lord hates, the use of the phrase “six things , , , yea, seven” is a Hebrew literary style which implies the list is not exhaustive.
It is similar to the New Testament writing of Paul when he lists “works of the flesh” in Galatians 5. After listing 17 things the Apostle simply completed it with the words, “and such like.” This phrase reminds us that there is more that could be in the list.
In Proverbs 6:16 There are parallel phrases which basically say the same thing. The first phrase speaks of “doth the Lord hate” and the second phrase speaks of things that are “an abomination unto him.”