Proverbs 11:27
"He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him."
Definitions:
- diligently seeketh = be up early, earnestness, to search for, enquire early in the morning, quickly
- procureth = to search out specifically in worship or prayer, to strive after, beseech
- favour = delight, acceptable, good pleasure
- seeketh (2nd occurance) = to tread or frequent, follow, pursue, worship
- mischief = bad, evil
Those who earnestly search after righteousness through worship and prayer will have delight and good pleasure before God.
Those who only follow and pursue evil will only receive evil unto themselves.
How do we know what "good" is? How do we know what "evil" is?
"God is Good All the Time and All the Time God is Good!"
God tells us what is good and what is evil, but we cannot know the difference unless we are seeking Him.
God's Promise
In this verse, God promises delight (favor) to those who diligently seek Him.
He promises evil to those who pursue evil.
The Deceitfulness of Sin
If you keep frequenting or pursing evil, you will become a slave to it and be hardened to anything that is good.
God chastens those who he loves (Hebrews 12:6), but if we keep pursuing mischief we will only reap mischief.
Related Scriptures
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting." Galatians 6:7-8
- If you diligently seek Him, you will receive favor.
- If you follow after mischief, you will receive mischief.
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." Romans 12:1-2
- If you are conformed to the world, you're not diligently seeking God.
"Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy," Jude 24
- Those who will diligently seek will be presented faultless before His glory because they found favor in His sight.
"He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him." John 14:21
- He reward those who love Him and diligently seek Him.
Example of This Scripture in the Bible
"So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified." Esther 7:10
Haman sought mischief by wanting to kill the Jews for his own selfish reasons. He built a gallows intending to hang Mordecai on it but instead, he was hung on it.
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