My son, my law do not forget, and my commandments may your heart observe (Proverbs 3:1–12)

4 min readAug 22, 2024

Proverbs chapter 3: applying the wisdom of God in our life, will allow to people to extend their life in number of years: “My son, my law do not forget, and my commandments may your heart observe, because length of days and years of life and peace will be added to you. May loving-kindness and trueness themselves not leave you” (Proverbs 3:1–3).

“My son, my law do not forget, and my commandments may your heart observe, 2 because length of days and years of life and peace will be added to you. 3 May loving-kindness and trueness themselves not leave you. Tie them about your throat. Write them upon the tablet of your heart, 4 and so find favor and good insight in the eyes of God and of earthling man. 5 Trust in Jehovah with all your heart and do not lean upon your own understanding. 6 In all your ways take notice of him, and he himself will make your paths straight.
7 Do not become wise in your own eyes. Fear Jehovah and turn away from bad. 8 May it become a healing to your navel and a refreshment to your bones.
9 Honor Jehovah with your valuable things and with the firstfruits of all your produce. 10 Then your stores of supply will be filled with plenty; and with new wine your own press vats will overflow.
11 The discipline of Jehovah, O my son, do not reject; and do not abhor his reproof, 12 because the one whom Jehovah loves he reproves, even as a father does a son in whom he finds pleasure” (Proverbs 3:1–12).

The following exhortation is to trust in Jehovah God, the Heavenly Father: “Trust in Jehovah with all your heart and do not lean upon your own understanding. In all your ways take notice of him, and he himself will make your paths straight. Do not become wise in your own eyes. Fear Jehovah and turn away from bad. May it become a healing to your navel and a refreshment to your bones” (Proverbs 3: 5–8). Relying upon God is a form of expression of sincere love towards Him. When we love someone, we trust in him because we know that whatever he does, he will be for our good. Thus, trusting is the expression of faith in action. In this case, faith will not be a simple vision of the invisible, but also an experience of life in relying upon God, in situations where we might not know the outcome it will grant (Hebrews 11:1,6). The fact that it is written not lean upon our own understanding or not to be wise in our own eyes, means that sometimes we can be in situations where we do not see the outcome or the solution. It is in this situation that it is advisable to trust without seeking to control everything in terms of human understanding a solution, that will come from God. This confidence in God will have a refreshing effect on our mind and our health: “May it become a healing to your navel and a refreshment to your bones” (Proverbs 3:8).

“Honor Jehovah with your valuable things and with the firstfruits of all your produce. Then your stores of supply will be filled with plenty; and with new wine your own press vats will overflow” (proverbs 3:9,10). The Christian is no longer under the obligation to pay the tithe, according to the Law (given to Moses), because Christ is the end of the Law (Romans 10:4). The firsfruits, for the Christian, are spiritual, that is to say that whatever he does for God and his Son, he will do the best, with all his heart (Malachi 3:8–10). In a way, symbolically he will not present as spiritual sacrifice, a sick animal (by being negligent) (Malachi 1:12,13).

When Jehovah God, the Heavenly Father disciplines us, we can be sad in the moment. However, that means that he loves us and he wants us to have an everlasting happy future: “The discipline of Jehovah, O my son, do not reject; and do not abhor his reproof, because the one whom Jehovah loves he reproves, even as a father does a son in whom he finds pleasure” (Proverbs 3:11,12).

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