1 Blessed is every one who fears the LORD,
Who walks in His ways.
2 When you eat the labor of your hands,
You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.
3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your children like olive plants
All around your table.
4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
Who fears the LORD.
5 The LORD bless you out of Zion,
And may you see the good of Jerusalem
All the days of your life.
6 Yes, may you see your children’s children.
Peace be upon Israel! —Psalms 128:1-6 (NKJV)
You can be a
and not be a
1. The character he
1 Blessed is every one who fears the LORD,
Who walks in His ways. —Psalms 128:1 (NKJV)7 The righteous man walks in his integrity;
His children are blessed after him. —Proverbs 20:7 (NKJV)1 Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night. —Psalms 1:1-2 (NKJV)2 When you eat the labor of your hands,
You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. —Psalms 128:2 (NKJV)
2. The labor his hands
.
8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. —1 Timothy 5:8 (NKJV)
10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. —2 Thessalonians 3:10 (NKJV)
3. The companion he
3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your children like olive plants
All around your table. —Psalms 128:3 (NKJV)
4. The children that he
3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your children like olive plants
All around your table. —Psalms 128:3 (NKJV)
5. The contribution He
5 The LORD bless you out of Zion,
And may you see the good of Jerusalem
All the days of your life.
6 Yes, may you see your children’s children.
Peace be upon Israel! —Psalms 128:5-6 (NKJV)22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous. —Proverbs 13:22 (NKJV)9 Proclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for war!
Wake up the mighty men,
Let all the men of war draw near,
Let them come up. —Joel 3:9 (NKJV)13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 14 Let all that you do be done in love. —1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (ESV)
Don’t act like a
It doesn’t mean be the
7 Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. —1 Peter 3:7 (ESV)
Don’t act like an
= The Bible uses the word beast 275 times.
22 I was so foolish and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You. —Psalms 73:22 (NKJV)11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. —1 Corinthians 13:11(NKJV)
13 Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. —1 Corinthians 16:13 (NKJV)
Take
12 Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the LORD. —1 Samuel 2:12 (ESV)
13 And I declare to him that I am about to punish his house forever, for the iniquity that he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God, and he did not restrain them. —1 Samuel 3:13 (ESV)
13 Keep your eyes open, hold tight to your convictions, give it all you’ve got, be resolute, 14 and love without stopping. —1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (MSG)
without stopping = (NKJV) All be done in love
20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. —James 1:20 (NKJV)
18 since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice, that the LORD may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.” —Genesis 18:18-19 (NKJV)
Men always
and don’t exploit the weak
I’m going to protect by
= the exercise of self control.
30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. —Proverbs 31:30 (ESV)