Here's First Fruits Ministries sermon for the Sabbath on 11/23/2024, called: "Community, Part 5: A Fold Free of Wolves": https://firstfruits.cc/blog/20....24/11/23/community-p
Please watch it if you missed it.
Shabbat shalom!
A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.
Proverbs 17:8 ESV
There is disagreement about what type of stone is intended. KJV and JPS say "precious stone", TLV says "charm", and ESV says "magic stone". The Hebrew is eben khen (stone grace). This is the only place where the KJV translates khen as "precious", which might be a deliberate mistranslation to discourage superstition. The TLV and ESV have it right.
The proverb isn't encouraging the use of magic charms, only that a bribe is like having a magic charm that influences other people agree with you.
Something to remember when we gather with family or friends this holiday season is found in Proverbs 10:23. “It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.” Hopefully this will help you to recognize someone who causes tension may be doing so for their own entertainment. Solomon tells us that it is their sport and they are foolish to do so.
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