Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind? Let people talk. Sometimes they say things they don't mean. Listen. You don't need to interject right away. Give it time, then you can speak.
But as for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because of any wisdom that I have more than all the living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your mind. Has been revealed so that it may be … Continue reading Daniel 2:30—Jot Scriptures
[A]dmonish the idlers, encourage the faint hearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them (ESV). Warn the lazy people among you. Lazy how? Not working or pursuing excellence in their work. Warn them, but be patient—building one another up.
"The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him. Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, 'The time is fulfilled, … Continue reading Mark 1:12-15—Jot Scriptures
The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate. Hatred. Fearing the Lord means hating evil: all injustices. Pride and arrogance. Selfish gain. Deceptive speech. Twisted plans. Wisdom hates these. God hates them, too.
The Lord examines the righteous and the impious, but he who loves injustice hates his own soul (NETS). The Lord examines the righteous and the unrighteousness. Don't doubt his justice. Lovers of injustice hate themselves, despite appearances to the contrary. Justice will come.
He has cut down in fierce anger all the might of Israel; he has withdrawn from them his right hand in the face of the enemy; he has burned like a flaming fire in Jacob, consuming all around (ESV). In holy anger, God was withdrawn. Justly so—they'd sinned. The people were powerless, abandoned when the … Continue reading Lamentations 2:3—Jot Scriptures
In the Lord I trust; how will you say to my soul, "Flee to the mountains like a sparrow”?—because, look, sinners bent a bow; they prepared arrows for the quiver, to shoot in a moonless night at the upright in heart (Ps 10:1-2 NETS). Trusting the Lord ends in fearlessness. This life is not all … Continue reading Psalm 10:1—Jot Scriptures
I'm starting this new series, if you will, where I will share reflections on Scripture. As the name of this series, "Jot Scriptures," is intended to suggest, the series will aim to select verses of Christian Scripture that may be under-appreciated (referencing Jesus' statement that not a jot or tittle of the Law will pass … Continue reading Job 6:24—Jot Scriptures
Brian P. Baucom 