Proverbs 6:16-19 English Standard Version

¹⁶  There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him:
¹⁷ haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,
¹⁹ a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Because we love the Lord then it seems right to avoid doing things He hates.

Proverbs 11:1 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.

Perhaps a false balance falls under the title of a lie.

Israel has 613 laws to keep. It seems like avoiding those 7 in Proverbs 6 would be easier to keep than all 613.

That might be true but Jesus boils it all down to one commandment. Love one another.

How are we doing?

Ecclesiastes 2:16 For of the wise as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise dies just like the fool!

John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

The difference between these two forms of remembrance is the will of man vs. the will of God.

Isaiah 45:13 I have stirred him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways level; he shall build my city and set my exiles free, not for price or reward,” says the Lord of hosts.

Mark 15:11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.

Again, man’s will vs.God’s will.

John 6:40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

Many are those who perish saying “I did it my way.”