Tag: trap
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Beware the Smart Person Trap
6Do not add to his [God’s] words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.–Proverbs 30
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Heavenly Identity
18And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying, 19“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 20There were seven brothers; the first took…
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Gotcha’ Moment
1Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. 2And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” 4And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good…
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Life Is Too Short for Pits
27Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.–Proverbs 26 In the ancient world, pits were dug to trap. It was passive warfare, yet aggressive. A village might trap a dangerous wild animal or an army enemy soldiers. It also could be used for passively…
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End-Times Deception
Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, 2not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has…
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Two Traps to Avoid
6Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.–Proverbs 30 Most people reading these words are not going to be adding a new chapter to the Bible or trying to discredit God in any way. But does this proverb have something to indeed keep in mind for the…