aBut His secret counsel is with the upright.
But shame shall be the legacy of fools.
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Proverbs 3:34
The subject here is God and we find that God scorns the scornful. Scorn is one of the fruits that a human will have produced in him by pride. Scorn is a contempt, it is a disdain, and it is usually done in reference to somebody who is thought of as being an inferior. The way a human being will react is that he will have a tendency to avoid the person who is deemed to be unworthy, or there will be an immediate rejection or ridicule of the unworthy person's opinions. What is the effect of this? The effect of this is to break people into cliques. Scorn divides. It divides people away.
It is interesting that God's reaction is exactly the opposite. He disdains, or He scorns, the proud. Whereas the proud scorns the lowly, the proud scorns the inferior, God scorns the proud. God accepts the lowly. God accepts the one that the proud rejects. And the one who is lowly, God unites with him by giving him grace, whereas the proud puts down, rejects, and disunites the one that he scorns. I think it is a very interesting contrast between God and man.
Articles
Living by Faith and Humility
Pride, Contention, and Unity
Essays
The Role of the Outcasts (Part One)
The Role of the Outcasts (Part Three)
The Role of the Outcasts (Part Two)
Which Flock?
Sermons
The Sovereignty of God (Part Nine)
New Covenant Priesthood (Part 7)
God Gives Grace to the Humble
Limiting the Holy One of Israel (Part 2)
Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen (Part Eight)
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