#she'ol

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath

1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger. 2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, But the mouth of fools gush out folly. 3 The LORD's eyes are everywhere, Keeping watch on the evil and the good. 4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life, But deceit in it crushes the spirit. 5 A fool despises his father's correction, But he who heeds reproof shows prudence. 6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure, But the income of the wicked brings trouble. 7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge; Not so with the heart of fools. 8 The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, But the prayer of the upright is his delight. 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, But he loves him who follows after righteousness. 10 There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: Whoever hates reproof shall die. 11 She'ol and Avaddon are before the LORD -- How much more then the hearts of the children of men!

12 A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; He will not go to the wise. 13 A glad heart makes a cheerful face; But an aching heart breaks the spirit. 14 The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, But the mouths of fools feed on folly. 15 All the days of the afflicted are wretched, But one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast. 16 Better is little, with the fear of the LORD, Than great treasure with trouble. 17 Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a fattened calf with hatred. 18 A wrathful man stirs up contention, But one who is slow to anger appeases strife. 19 The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, But the path of the upright is a highway. 20 A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish man despises his mother. 21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, But a man of understanding keeps his way straight. 22 Where there is no counsel, plans fail; But in a multitude of counselors they are established. 23 Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time! 24 The path of life leads upward for the wise, To keep him from going downward to She'ol.

25 The LORD will uproot the house of the proud, But he will keep the widow's borders intact. 26 The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, But the thoughts of the pure are pleasing. 27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live. 28 The heart of the righteous weighs answers, But the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil. 29 The LORD is far from the wicked, But he hears the prayer of the righteous. 30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones. 31 The ear that listens to the reproof lives, And will be at home among the wise. 32 He who refuses correction despises his own soul, But he who listens to reproof gets understanding. 33 The fear of the LORD teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility. — Proverbs 15 | Hebrew Names Version (HNV) The Hebrew Names Version Bible is in the public domain Cross References: Genesis 13:8; Leviticus 7:18; Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 32:22; Judges 8:1; 1 Kings 1:12; Nehemiah 2:2; Psalm 59:7; Proverbs 1:2; Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 1:25; Proverbs 8:21; Proverbs 9:7; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 12:14; Proverbs 13:18; Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 17:1; Proverbs 18:15; Proverbs 22:5; Proverbs 25:25; Ecclesiastes 4:6; Ecclesiastes 7:5; John 9:31; Acts 1:24; Ephesians 5:15; 1 Timothy 6:9; 1 Timothy 6:11; Hebrews 4:13; 1 Peter 3:15; Revelation 2:7

[bijoumikhawal]

However, local shamanic activity went on despite the prohibitions. There is a biblical scene where we can watch a witch in action. She is called the Witch of Endor. Endor is the name of her town, and it also means "well of generations". This is a clue to the nature of the Hebrew shamaness: she is the keeper of the well of the ancestors. She has access to the wisdom of She'ol: the place deep within the earth where the dead sleep.

In 1 Samuel 28:3-25, the prophet Samuel has turned against King Saul, saying that God has rejected him. Saul consults dreams, divining tools, and prophets, all to no avail. Saul has passed a law forbidding mediums and witches, but in his distress, he ignores his own law and goes to a witch or shamaness, an eishet ba'alat ov, to ask for help. The word ov comes from the same word for av, father, and probably means an ancestor. This woman is a baalat ov, a keeper of an ancestor spirit.

Pg 93, the Hebrew Priestess

[dollgraves-art]

THE VAELBLADE

I've been messing around with Blender and finally got something I like and want to share. Making this into a gif was an annoying process but very worth it.

Lore dump under the cut~

-lunadoll

"What a wondrous and terrible thing Fae ingenuity is. The Courts saw a simple problem interfering with their collection of the universal truths; the Vael itself. To travel through a portal even within the primordial khaos which is their home of the Forest of Doors, takes immense power. It is no easy task, forcing the universe to give you a part of itself, to open to you, to travel through her in such a brutish way. Prior to the creation of tools such as witch-stones, this took rituals, weeks to months of plans; mages risked their deaths to open portals through which trade flowed.

When the First Dragons hid their hearts away, the Faeries sought them out. There is no power in reality as strong as the heart of a Dragon, and the power of the First made the potential in their hearts too tempting to ignore. No matter the dangers of their temples, no matter the outrage of the Drakoniq Assembly, adventurers and mercenari and the Fae Courts themselves sought these artefacts of majiq. The most famous of these is the first to be found, the Vaelblade, Heart of the Drakoniq Chaos.

With the retrieval the Vaelblade from its tomb in She'Ol, the Faeries were no longer bound to seeking natural portals to exploit with ritual majiq. Now, they could make their own, anywhere, at anytime, just as The Great Inevitable Change Aolroblan-thi had been capable of. They studied the Heart and its power, marveling at the aberrational nature of its power, and were forever altered by their closeness to it. But as all things of power are coveted, the Heart did not remain in Fae possession, stolen by thieves of unknown origin. The Vaelblade passed through many hands, many kingdoms, and many eras, before it found itself in the possession of Lucifer the Bringer of Light, leader of the Fallen Army. Lucifer sought it as a weapon against his brother the Metatron, for his Army was at war with the Angeliq Choir, but when he brought it down against the his rival, the corruption he brought to the Heart sundered the Vael, linking the plane of mystique to the plane of mundanity by a gaping, bleeding wound."

[holdonendure]

HEAR this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: Both low and high, rich and poor, together. My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to Elohiym a ransom for him: (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases forever:) That he should still live forever, and not see corruption. For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. Nevertheless man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish. This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Celah. Like sheep they are laid in She'ol; death shall feed on them; and the yashariym shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in She'ol from their dwelling. But Elohiym will redeem my soul from the power of She'ol: for he shall receive me. Celah. Be not afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; For when he dies he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself. He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. Man that is in honor, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish. TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 49 את CEPHER

[hrhprincessrachel]

This is enhanced and adjusted photo found on my phone. I have loads of interesting photo's like this one, for example, my Seraphim and Cherubim that CHRIST OUR LØRD has given me . I feel safer knowing that ELOHIYM has his watchful eye on me. I will post next. This photograph was taken on original after midnight on my A95 similar to an Phone. Similar settings and control's. I assure you this is an enhanced photo and not photoshopped,as I hate fake photo's like everybody else. I praise ELOHIYM for allowing me to show how much more that we don't know or will know ,until our Redeemer brings us home.

I hate the wickedness that is going on here on Earth and it's going to get worse. I've already been attacked by our former neighbour ,because I am a 100% Jewish, but am a Messianic Jewess.

I'm on record now,as Jewish like the Rabbi said that came to check my lineage. He was surprised to find that ELOHIYM made me 100% Jewish ,which is rare -apparently. Anyway, I've been attacked by racist's and Antisemites. There was a bloke with a machete that use to swing it about outside our flat, as a threat. I just watched him knowing that without me doing anything that he would be apprehended (sp?¿). He got arrested without me doing a thing ,just trusting in YAHUSHUA (YESHUA) HA'MOSHIACH ,ELOHIYM and all that I was required to do. FAITH COMES BY HEARING THAT COMES BY HEARING THE WORD (CHRIST) OF ELOHIYM... I see the wickedness that our daughter(s) + her foster sister and children exposed to on television and that appalls me. What children are being exposed to today concerns me like this water called DEATH WATER or something like it. A witch has invoked demon's into the tins of water, before they're shipped out. I know that our ELOHIYM and my Seraphim will protect me from it, if given to me deliberately without my knowledge,as the demon will be purged from my body through one way or another without it touching me. I know what to look out for ,so I can avoid it, but would have anyway, by the name. The woman that has invoked demon's into the water is going to She'ol where Urial is waiting for her. AMEIN

[saturdaynightgaming]

Episode 22: The Black Dragon of the East

With the Iratus Blade completed and Spitfire now whole, Strathmore unlocks the full potential of the sword...

[mythos-theos]

Myth Parallels → Realms of Afterlife (pt. 1)

“Innocence is ephemeral and so is joy

Life ends when it is least expected and memories fade like photographs of yesteryears

Death is constant Afterlife is infinite

We are decaying bodies getting the most of the things that don’t last” — Truths | (j.d.a) via @dearestdaryl

[echoesofthefall]

Cosmology

In my cosmology, inspired by Traditional Jewish cosmology, Earth is divided into three realms. The Land (ארץ), the Sea (ים) and the Sky (רקיע). Each realm is inhabited by nature spirits of different kinds. The whole Earth is the kingdom of Behemoth, the Great Beast and Prince of the Land.

Above the Earth are the Heavens (שמים), the Upperworld, in which the Heavenly Host resides, among them being Ziz, Prince of the Skies, Yera'h (Moon) and Shemesh (Sun), the Divine twins of the Skies, and the Stars, identified with the Angels/Watchers.

Under is the She'ol (שאול), the Underworld, the Land of the Dead and Home of the Ancestors, where we find the Shades, the Repha'im (רפאים). I believe a part of every soul stays there, among the Dead, while another part is reincarnated through the Gilgul. There is also a part of the soul, the Nefesh, that stays in the bones, in the hair, in the person's belongings, etc.

Around all of these are the Primordial Waters (מים), where the Liwyyathan, Prince of the Waters, and the Tanninim, the Sea Monsters, live. In the Waters is located Tehom, the Abyss, manifestation the Primordial Chaos.

Eden is a realm of its own, guarded by Keruvim, in which grows the Tree of Life (connected to Lady Asherah), constantly producing new souls which fall into the Guf, the Treasury of Souls, when they're ripe. Gavri'el grabs these souls and gives them to Laylah, the angel who then find them a body.

[wehdile]

how do i start writing again...i wanna come out of hibernation

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

You have turned my mourning into dancing…

1 I will extol you, LORD, for you have raised me up, And have not made my foes to rejoice over me. 2 LORD my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me. 3 LORD, you have brought up my soul from She'ol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. 4 Sing praise to the LORD, you holy ones of his. Give thanks to his holy name. 5 For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, But joy comes in the morning. 6 As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.” 7 You, LORD, when you favored me, made my mountain to stand strong. But when you hid your face, I was troubled. 8 I cried to you, LORD. To the LORD I made supplication: 9 “What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth? 10 Hear, LORD, and have mercy on me. LORD, be my helper.” 11 You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness, 12 To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever. — Psalm 30 | Hebrew Names Version (HNV) The Hebrew Names Version Bible is in the public domain. Cross References: Exodus 3:15; Exodus 15:20; Numbers 12:13; Deuteronomy 31:17; 2 Samuel 5:11; Esther 9:22; Psalm 3:3; Psalm 4:1; Psalm 6:2; Psalm 6:5; Psalm 9:13; Psalm 10:6; Psalm 16:9; Psalm 27:7; Psalm 28:1; Psalm 31:23; Psalm 57:8; Psalm 62:2; Psalm 88:10; Psalm 103:9; Psalm 104:29; Psalm 142:1; 2 Corinthians 4:17

[art-now-france]

Dive into the Question #8, Matchoro Guy

"Dawn will come and then the show they made will disappear, Sheol* the home for them!" (The Jerusalem Bible) This study is one in a series of square small formats. I started this work during the last autumn period (2014) about the All Saints' Day, or Day of the Dead which happens every November 1st in France. While going, every year at this time, visiting my father's grave, I realized then that I had become older than my poor Dad and as never before I lost all my landmarks*. On leaving the Cemetery, I experienced and meditated upon all my experiences. Back to the studio, digging in my spare part stock, I found a square small frame (35 x 35 cm / 13.7 x 13.7 in) which triggered my inspiration. I felt by chance on an old mirror card which was reflecting my face, twisted and distorted. I then cropped the image though the wooden frame which fit perfectly with a head's size. But I was in something of a dilemma. For some years now, my research is going toward abstraction. I always thought that abstraction appears more close to reality, in any case, reality such as we live it today which is a fragmented and popularized real through the media completion… and in regards to reality, it seems to me that the important and strong thing in painting doesn't appear in this constant circulation of the images, as in painting where tactility and physical presence have a report as well on the scale as with the opticality. So with that, the way of a painter would not be reduced to the opposing representation/abstract idea. It really was of concern to me, so I started to look into it more and more. Furthermore, how to avoid falling into the fascinating poisonous trap from the carnivorous spell of the famous portrait's studies of F. Bacon with which this actual work attempts to get in resonance? Painting requires a specific experiment where the process is an act of contemplation and meditation. The artist is nourished of the whole history of Art and the pictures are nourished by painting which falls under a concept of historical continuity of the Painting where intervenes the personal history of the artist… This is also why this series of studies tries to negotiate between human intimacy and abstraction. *Sheol (שאול): Untranslatable Hebraic term, that refers to the “stay of dead". The eminent biblist William Foxwell Albright points out that SHE'OL seem to share the root of SHA'Al, which literally means “the question”. *Landmark: Also noteworthy is that in French this word is said: "repère" \ʁə.pɛʁ\ that sounds like "père"\pɛʁ\ ("father"). To even go further on the desire at play in intersubjective fields, "re-père" would mean "re-Father" in the Lacanian sense.

https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Dive-into-the-Question-8/81215/2640205/view

[canonicallyginger]

The Christian view on God has such distinct similarities to toxic parenting. The idea that God loves you as long as you don't fuck up is the most disgusting thing about it. None of that comes from Judaism.

In Judaism, there is no concept of sin. Only transgression. You can always atone. The closest thing we have to hell is She'ol, where the wicked are given opportunity to repent, and then they're allowed into the bulk of heaven. And heaven isn't really the right word for the afterlife either. Ha'olam ha'ba is the phrase used in Judaism, translating to "the world to come."

In Jewish belief, God may get angry, but he does not hate.

You know what, Im going to make another post about how different from christianity the Jewish view of God is, even just on a surface level.

[holdonendure]

Brothers and Sisters

BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying Yahuah that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the Way of Truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingers not, and their damnation slumbers not. For if Elohiym spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to She'ol, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be watched unto the judgment of anguish; And spared not the old world, but saved Noach the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the wicked; And turning the cities of Cedom and Amorah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example unto those that after should live in wickedness; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the Torahless: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their Torahless deeds;) Yahuah knows how to deliver his chaciyd out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before Yahuah. But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: a heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Bil'am the son of Be'or, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbade the madness of the prophet. These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, את through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of Adonai and the Savior Yahusha Ha'Mashiach, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

KEPHA SHENIY (2 PETER) 2 את CEPHER

[ffej16]

THEinc-HIM Daily Bible Meditation - February 21 - Full Text

FEBRUARY 21

PSALMS: 21, 51, 81, 111, 141

PROVERBS: 21

OLD TESTAMENT: 1 SAMUEL 14:1 - 52

NEW TESTAMENT: JOHN 7:31 - 53

PSALMS: 21

1 The king rejoices in your strength, LORD!

How greatly he rejoices in your yeshu`ah! 

2 You have given him his heart's desire,

And have not withheld the request of his lips.

Selah. 

3 For you meet him with the blessings of goodness;

You set a crown of fine gold on his head. 

4 He asked life of you, you gave it to him,

Even length of days forever and ever. 

5 His glory is great in your salvation.

You lay honor and majesty on him. 

6 For you make him most blessed forever.

You make him glad with joy in your presence. 

7 For the king trusts in the LORD.

Through the loving kindness of Ha`Elyon,

he shall not be moved. 

8 Your hand will find out all of your enemies.

Your right hand will find out those who hate you. 

9 You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger.

The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath.

The fire shall devour them. 

10 You will destroy their descendants from the eretz,

Their posterity from among the children of men. 

11 For they intended evil against you.

They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed. 

12 For you will make them turn their back,

When you aim drawn bows at their face. 

13 Be exalted, LORD, in your strength,

So we will sing and praise your power.

PSALMS: 51

1 Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.

According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. 

2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.

Cleanse me from my sin. 

3 For I know my transgressions.

My sin is constantly before me. 

4 Against you, and you only, have I sinned,

And done that which is evil in your sight;

That you may be proved right when you speak,

And justified when you judge. 

5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity.

In sin did my mother conceive me. 

6 Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts.

You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean.

Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. 

8 Let me hear joy and gladness,

That the bones which you have broken may rejoice. 

9 Hide your face from my sins,

And blot out all of my iniquities. 

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God.

Renew a right spirit within me. 

11 Don't throw me from your presence,

And don't take your holy Spirit from me. 

12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation.

Uphold me with a willing spirit. 

13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways.

Sinners shall be converted to you.

14 Deliver me from blood guiltiness,

O God, the God of my salvation.

My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness. 

15 Lord, open my lips.

My mouth shall declare your praise. 

16 For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it.

You have no pleasure in burnt offering. 

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit.

A broken and contrite heart,

O God, you will not despise. 

18 Do well in your good pleasure to Tziyon.

Build the walls of Yerushalayim. 

19 Then will you delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,

In burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings.

Then they will offer bulls on your altar.

PSALMS: 81

1 Sing aloud to God, our strength!

Make a joyful noise to the God of Ya`akov! 

2 Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine,

The pleasant lyre with the harp. 

3 Blow the shofar at the New Moon,

At the full moon, on our feast day. 

4 For it is a statute for Yisra'el,

An ordinance of the God of Ya`akov. 

5 He appointed it in Yosef for a testimony,

When he went out over the land of Mitzrayim,

I heard a language that I didn't know. 

6 "I removed his shoulder from the burden.

His hands were freed from the basket. 

7 You called in trouble, and I delivered you.

I answered you in the secret place of thunder.

I tested you at the waters of Merivah."

Selah. 

8 "Hear, my people, and I will testify to you.

Yisra'el, if you would listen to me! 

9 There shall be no strange god in you,

Neither shall you worship any foreign god. 

10 I am the LORD, your God,

Who brought you up out of the land of Mitzrayim.

Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. 

11 But my people didn't listen to my voice.

Yisra'el desired none of me.

12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts,

That they might walk in their own counsels. 

13 Oh that my people would listen to me,

That Yisra'el would walk in my ways! 

14 I would soon subdue their enemies,

And turn my hand against their adversaries. 

15 The haters of the LORD would cringe before him,

And their punishment would last forever. 

16 But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat.

I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock."

PSALMS: 111

1 Praise the LORD!

I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart,

In the council of the upright, and in the congregation. 

2 The works of the LORD are great,

Pondered by all those who delight in them. 

3 His work is honor and majesty.

His righteousness endures forever. 

4 He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered.

The LORD is gracious and merciful. 

5 He has given food to those who fear him.

He always remembers his covenant. 

6 He has shown his people the power of his works,

In giving them the heritage of the nations. 

7 The works of his hands are truth and justice.

All his precepts are sure. 

8 They are established forever and ever.

They are done in truth and uprightness. 

9 He has sent redemption to his people.

He has ordained his covenant forever.

His name is holy and awesome! 

10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.

All those who do his work have a good understanding.

His praise endures forever!

PSALMS: 141

1 LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly!

Listen to my voice when I call to you. 

2 Let my prayer be set before you like incense; ‘

The lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice. 

3 Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth.

Keep the door of my lips. 

4 Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, ‘

To practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity.

Don't let me eat of their delicacies. 

5 Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness;

Let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head;

Don't let my head refuse it;

Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds. 

6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock.

They will hear my words, for they are well spoken. 

7 "As when one plows and breaks up the eretz,

Our bones are scattered at the mouth of She'ol." 

8 For my eyes are on you, LORD, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don't leave my soul destitute. 

9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me,

From the traps of the workers of iniquity. 

10 Let the wicked fall together into their own nets,

While I pass by.

PROVERBS: 21

1 The king's heart is in the LORD's hand like the watercourses.

He turns it wherever he desires. 

2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,

But the LORD weighs the hearts. 

3 To do righteousness and justice

Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. 

4 A high look, and a proud heart,

The lamp of the wicked, is sin. 

5 The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit;

And everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty. 

6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue

Is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death. 

7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away,

Because they refuse to do what is right. 

8 The way of the guilty is devious,

But the conduct of the innocent is upright. 

9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,

Than to share a house with a contentious woman. 

10 The soul of the wicked desires evil;

His neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes. 

11 When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom;

When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge. 

12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked,

And brings the wicked to ruin. 

13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor,

He will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

14 A gift in secret pacifies anger;

And a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath. 

15 It is joy to the righteous to do justice;

But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. 

16 The man who wanders out of the way of understanding

Shall rest in the assembly of the dead. 

17  He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man:

He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich. 

18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous;

The treacherous for the upright. 

19 It is better to dwell in a desert land,

Than with a contentious and fretful woman. 

20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise;

But a foolish man swallows it up. 

21 He who follows after righteousness and kindness

Finds life, righteousness, and honor. 

22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty,

And brings down the strength of its confidence. 

23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue

Keeps his soul from troubles. 

24 The proud and haughty man, "scoffer" is his name;

He works in the arrogance of pride. 

25 The desire of the sluggard kills him,

For his hands refuse to labor. 

26 There are those who covet greedily all the day long;

But the righteous gives and doesn't withhold.

27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination:

How much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind! 

28 A false witness will perish,

And a man who listens speaks to eternity. 

29 A wicked man hardens his face;

But as for the upright, he establishes his ways. 

30 There is no wisdom nor understanding

Nor counsel against the LORD. 

31 The horse is prepared for the day of battle;

But victory is with the LORD.

OLD TESTAMENT: 1 SAMUEL 14:1 - 52

14:1 Now it fell on a day, that Yonatan the son of Sha'ul said to the young man who bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Pelishtim' garrison, that is on yonder side. But he didn't tell his father.

2 Sha'ul abode in the uttermost part of Gevah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people who were with him were about six hundred men; 

3 and Achiyah, the son of Achituv, Ikhavod's brother, the son of Pinechas, the son of `Eli, the Kohen of the LORD in Shiloh, wearing an efod. The people didn't know that Yonatan was gone. 

4 Between the passes, by which Yonatan sought to go over to the Pelishtim' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side: and the name of the one was Botzetz, and the name of the other Senneh. 

5 The one crag rose up on the north in front of Mikhmash, and the other on the south in front of Geva. 

6 Yonatan said to the young man who bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us; for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few. 

7  His armor bearer said to him, Do all that is in your heart: turn you, behold, I am with you according to your heart. 

8 Then said Yonatan, Behold, we will pass over to the men, and we will disclose ourselves to them. 

9 If they say thus to us, Wait until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up to them. 

10 But if they say thus, Come up to us; then we will go up; for the LORD has delivered them into our hand: and this shall be the sign to us. 

11 Both of them disclosed themselves to the garrison of the Pelishtim: and the Pelishtim said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. 

12 The men of the garrison answered Yonatan and his armor bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. Yonatan said to his armor bearer, Come up after me; for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Yisra'el. 

13 Yonatan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and his armor bearer after him: and they fell before Yonatan; and his armor bearer killed them after him. 

14 That first slaughter, which Yonatan and his armor bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land. 

15 There was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled; and the eretz quaked: so there was an exceeding great trembling. 

16 The watchmen of Sha'ul in Gevah of Binyamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went [here] and there. 

17 Then said Sha'ul to the people who were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. When they had numbered, behold, Yonatan and his armor bearer were not there. 

18 Sha'ul said to Achiyah, Bring here the ark of God. For the ark of God was [there] at that time with the children of Yisra'el. 

19 It happened, while Sha'ul talked to the Kohen, that the tumult that was in the camp of the Pelishtim went on and increased: and Sha'ul said to the Kohen, Withdraw your hand. 

20 Sha'ul and all the people who were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, [and there was] a very great confusion. 

21 Now the Hebrews who were with the Pelishtim as before, and who went up with them into the camp, [from the country] round about, even they also [turned] to be with the Yisra'elites who were with Sha'ul and Yonatan. 

22 Likewise all the men of Yisra'el who had hid themselves in the hill-country of Efrayim, when they heard that the Pelishtim fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. 

23 So the LORD saved Yisra'el that day: and the battle passed over by Beit-Aven. 

24 The men of Yisra'el were distressed that day; for Sha'ul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man who eats any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on my enemies. So none of the people tasted food. 

25 All the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground. 

26 When the people were come to the forest, behold, the honey dropped: but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath. 

27 But Yonatan didn't hear when his father charged the people with the oath: therefore he put forth the end of the rod who was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. 

28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Your father directly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man who eats food this day. The people were faint. 

29 Then said Yonatan, My father has troubled the land. Please look how my eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. 

30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for now has there been no great slaughter among the Pelishtim. 

31 They struck of the Pelishtim that day from Mikhmash to Ayalon. The people were very faint; 

32 and the people flew on the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and killed them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood. 

33 Then they told Sha'ul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. He said, you have dealt treacherously: roll a great stone to me this day. 

34 Sha'ul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them, Bring me here every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and kill them here, and eat; and don't sin against the LORD in eating with the blood. All the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and killed them there. 

35 Sha'ul built an altar to the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built to the LORD.

36 Sha'ul said, Let us go down after the Pelishtim by night, and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. They said, Do whatever seems good to you. Then said the Kohen, Let us draw near here to God. 

37  Sha'ul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Pelishtim? will you deliver them into the hand of Yisra'el? But he didn't answer him that day. 

38 Sha'ul said, Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people; and know and see in which this sin has been this day. 

39 For, as the LORD lives, who saves Yisra'el, though it be in Yonatan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people who answered him. 

40Then said he to all Yisra'el, Be you on one side, and I and Yonatan my son will be on the other side. The people said to Sha'ul, Do what seems good to you. 

41 Therefore Sha'ul said to the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, Show the right. Yonatan and Sha'ul were taken [by lot]; but the people escaped. 

42 Sha'ul said, Cast [lots] between me and Yonatan my son. Yonatan was taken. 

43 Then Sha'ul said to Yonatan, Tell me what you have done. Yonatan told him, and said, I did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and, behold, I must die. 

44 Sha'ul said, God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Yonatan. 

45 The people said to Sha'ul, Shall Yonatan die, who has worked this great salvation in Yisra'el? Far from it: as the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has worked with God this day. So the people rescued Yonatan, that he didn't die. 

46 Then Sha'ul went up from following the Pelishtim; and the Pelishtim went to their own place.

47 Now when Sha'ul had taken the kingdom over Yisra'el, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Mo'av, and against the children of `Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Tzovah, and against the Pelishtim: and wherever he turned himself, he put [them] to the worse. 

48 He did valiantly, and struck the `Amaleki, and delivered Yisra'el out of the hands of those who despoiled them. 

49 Now the sons of Sha'ul were Yonatan, and Yishvi, and Malki-Shua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merav, and the name of the younger Mikhal: 

50 and the name of Sha'ul's wife was Achino'am the daughter of Achima`atz. The name of the captain of his host was Aviner the son of Ner, Sha'ul's uncle. 

51 Kish was the father of Sha'ul; and Ner the father of Aviner was the son of Aviel. 

52 There was sore war against the Pelishtim all the days of Sha'ul: and when Sha'ul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he took him to him.

NEW TESTAMENT: JOHN 7:31 - 53

7:31 But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, "When the Messiah comes, will he do more signs than those which this man has done?" 

32 The Perushim heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief Kohanim and the Perushim sent officers to arrest him. 

33 Then Yeshua said, "Yet a little while, am I with you, then I go to him who sent me. 

34 You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come." 

35 The Yehudim therefore said among themselves, "Where will this man go that we won't find him? Will he go to the Diaspora among the Yevanim, and teach the Yevanim? 

36 What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come?'" 

37 Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Yeshua stood and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink! 

38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water." 

39 But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Ruach HaKodesh was not yet given, because Yeshua wasn't yet glorified. 

40 Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the prophet." 

41 Others said, "This is the Messiah." But some said, "What, does the Messiah come out of the Galil? 

42 Hasn't the Scripture said that the Messiah comes of the seed of David, and from Beit-Lechem, the village where David was?" 

43 So there arose a division in the multitude because of him. 

44 Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him. 

45 The officers therefore came to the chief Kohanim and Perushim, and they said to them, "Why didn't you bring him?" 

46 The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!" 

47 The Perushim therefore answered them, "Are you also led astray? 

48 Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Perushim? 

49 But this multitude that doesn't know the law is accursed." 

50 Nakdimon (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them, 

51 "Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?" 

52 They answered him, "Are you also from the Galil? Search, and see that no prophet has arisen out of the Galil." 

53 Everyone went to his own house,

[thetheoreticaljehovist]

The proverbs of Sol'o·mon the son of David, the king of Israel, for one to know wisdom and discipline, to discern the sayings of understanding, to receive the discipline that gives insight, righteousness and judgment and uprightness, to give to the inexperienced ones shrewdness, to a young man knowledge and thinking ability. A wise person will listen and take in more instruction, and a man of understanding is the one who acquires skillful direction, to understand a proverb and a puzzling saying, the words of wise persons and their riddles. The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge. Wisdom and discipline are what mere fools have despised. Listen, my son, to the discipline of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother. For they are a wreath of attractiveness to your head and a fine necklace to your throat. My son, if sinners try to seduce you, do not consent. If they keep saying: “Do go with us. Do let us lie in ambush for blood. Do let us lie in concealment for the innocent men without any cause. Let us swallow them down alive just like She'ol, even whole, like those going down into a pit. Let us find all sorts of precious valuables. Let us fill our houses with spoil. Your lot you ought to cast in among us. Let there come to be just one bag belonging to all of us” my son, do not go in the way with them. Hold back your foot from their roadway. For their feet are those that run to sheer badness, and they keep hastening to shed blood. For it is for nothing that the net is spread before the eyes of anything owning wings. Consequently they themselves lie in ambush for the very blood of these; they lie in concealment for their souls. Thus are the paths of everyone making unjust profit. It takes away the very soul of its owners.

Proverbs 1:1-19, NWT

[saturdaynightgaming]

Episode 5: Sefaring Fancy

The crew settles in on the Black Death while they sail to the marshlands per Strathmore's request.