Proverbs 15:25
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The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
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Pride brings the LORD's destruction, regardless of popularity and strength. Humility brings the LORD's blessing, regardless of disrespect and weakness. The LORD loves to rescue the helpless, and He loves to destroy those who take confidence in themselves and their own power (Deut 10:17-18; Job 40:9-14; Ps 18:27; 146:9; Luke 1:51-53).
The LORD hates pride. He cannot stand a man thinking he is something, when he is nothing. A man lies to himself with such thoughts (Gal 6:3). Anything a man is or has was God's gift; and he should not glory in it, as if he accomplished anything himself (I Cor 4:7). Not only will God destroy the wicked, but He will also destroy his house - his family and estate, which he vainly thought would endure to all generations (Ps 49:11).
He cast Lucifer out of heaven for pride (Is 14:14; I Tim 3:6; Jude 1:6). He crushed the great King Nebuchadnezzar and left him crawling for seven years (Dan 4:25; 5:20); He had Haman and his ten sons hung on his own gallows (Esth 7:10; 9:14). Can any man find the house of Alexander the Great? It was utterly destroyed within fifteen years of his untimely death! Where is the madman's Third Reich that would last a thousand years?
The LORD loves humility. He will bless the man who trembles before Him (Is 57:15; 66:2). He loves to take the beggar from the dunghill and set him among princes to inherit the throne of glory, as Hannah gloriously described (I Sam 2:1-10). He is the Protector of all orphans and widows (Ps 10:14,18; 68:5). The very idea of altering a widow's property boundaries is fatal folly (22:22-23; 23:10-11).
God sent Elijah to preserve the starving widow of Zarephath (I Kgs 17:8-16; Luke 4:25-26). He sent Elisha to save another widow from her creditor (II Kgs 4:1-7). Consider Naomi, whose borders were confirmed and male descendants included David (Ruth 4:14-17)! Consider carefully the abbreviated story of the Shunamite's borders (II Kgs 8:1-6)!
The LORD says, "Let thy widows trust in me" (Jer 49:11). The New Testament, with all its doctrine and strictness, takes special notice and care of widows (Matt 23:14; Luke 2:36-38; 7:11-18; 21:1-4; John 19:26-27; Acts 6:1-7; 9:36-41; I Tim 5:3-10; Jas 1:27).
Christian, your situation is never bleak. Your Deliverer and Friend is mighty to save (Is 63:1-6)! He will never forsake you; what can man do to you (Heb 13:5-6)? Your borders will soon be as sure and evident as those of Lazarus and the rich man (Luke 16:22-26)!
The proud Roman Church boasts of great antiquity and that she will sit a queen forever, with no fear of widowhood or sorrow. But God shall destroy her with death, mourning, famine, and fire in one day (Rev 18:1-8)! While the little flock of Jesus, to which the Father gave the kingdom, had her borders established securely against Rome's attacks (Luke 12:32; Rev 12:14-17). The LORD is with her to the end of the world (Matt 28:20)!
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