Jesus in Proverbs?

 

In a word, yes! Yes the Lord Jesus is indeed in the book of Proverbs. My husband and I took a little trip in the paths of righteousness today.

Jesus promised His sheep that He would lead us in those paths and so He did. 

Notice that one of His names is Jehovah Tsidkeneu, the Lord Our Righteousness. As we were reading this morning

in Proverbs 10 we noticed how many times  “righteous” or “righteousness” is mentioned. 

Turns out there are 14 verses in one chapter! So we decided since we know His name to place it in those verses and

see where we landed. Here is some of what we found.

Proverbs 10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness,  (Jesus) delivers from death.

(Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.)

Proverbs 10:3 The Lord will not allow the righteous soul to famish but He casts away the desire of the wicked.

(Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (Jesus) for they shall be filled.

Proverbs 10:6 Blessings are on the head of the righteous. But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

(Try reading it this way: Blessings are on the head of Jesus but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

And think about the Seed war in Genesis 3. Jesus crushes Satan’s head but Satan only bruises Jesus’ heel.

Jesus wore a crown of thorns on His head so that I can take my thoughts captive!)

 10:7 The memory of the righteous (read it this way: the memory of Jesus): is blessed but the name of the wicked

will rot.  (John 1:1 Jesus is the Word. His name is above every name! Demons believe and tremble at the mention of

His name. Sin has no more power to rule our lives if we follow Him. We hide the Word in our heart and He gives us

victory!)

10:11 The mouth of the righteous, (the mouth of Jesus); is a well of life but violence covers the mouth of the wicked

. Jesus is the Bread of life, Light of the Word. Living water. The inspired Word made flesh to dwell among us.

Emmanuel.  Also an interesting side note is that the word “covers”  in this verse comes from a root word that means

to fill the hollow (empty) places. An empty mind is a place that is highly susceptible to demonic activity.

10:16 The labor of the righteous,( Jesus) leads to life, the wages of the wicked to sin.  (John 15:5 Apart from Him

we can’t do anything for God.)

Proverbs 10:20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is worth little. (The tongue of

Jesus… silver in the Bible always represents redemption. Jesus’ name. And there is no other name by which men

can be saved Acts 4:12)

 

Proverbs 10:21 The lips of the righteous (Jesus) feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom. (self-explanatory the

caution is that if there is no spiritual appetite it should absolutely be a red light. We should ask Jesus why not and

also seek Him to see if in fact we are saved. A spiritual appetite is a signature of a healthy Christian. Not a perfect

one, but a healthy one. Because none of us are perfect!)

Proverbs 10:24 The fear of the wicked will come upon him and the desire of the righteous (Jesus) will be granted.

(At the name of Jesus every knee will indeed bow. (Philippians 2:10 Jesus can never be defeated. He has won! Life

conquered death! The tomb is empty! Because He lives we too can live. But as many as received Him, to them He

gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name John 1:12)

10:25 When the whirlwind passes by, the wicked is no more, but the righteous, (Jesus) has an everlasting foundation

. (Ephesians 4:14-15 we don’t have to be tossed by everything we hear, if we listen to Jesus and grow. God gives us

His word, teachers and pastors, sisters and brothers. We are a community of believers!)

10:28 The hope of the righteous will be gladness, but the expectation of the wicked will perish. (We who follow

Jesus wear His armor and part of that armor is the helmet. (1 Thessalonians 5:8 But let us who are of the day be

sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. Christians should be the

most hopeful and joyful people on the planet!)

10:31 The lips of the righteous (Jesus) know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.

(Again, He is the Word, if we want to live right,  we must renew our minds. Sin will keep us from our Bible and

our Bible will keep us from falling into sin. If you miss a day don’t let Satan lie to you and tell you Jesus doesn’t

love you any more because you were unfaithful. That is a lie from the pit of hell!  When we mess up we should

immediately repent and confess our sin, get back on our feet and walk on. We will mess up but Jesus doesn’t beat

us up. He loves us and knows we are weak and loves us so much anyway, but too much to leave us in a lifestyle of

unrepentant sin. Brothers and sisters this is why it is so important to renew our minds every day! It is how The Lord

our Righteousness speaks to us!