Proverbs - Envy Not the Oppressor

Proverbs 3:31-35

 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

For the froward is abomination to the LORD:

but his secret is with the righteous.

The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked:

but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

                        We can look at others and wish we had what they had.  The problem is we don’t see all that they have.  They might have the nice house and nice cars but they also may have the nice child-support payments, tax-liens against that nice house, bitterness that makes them angry at the world and no faithful friends in their lives.  Our homes will be blessed as we do those things that are right.  When we make our children’s training a priority over our own career or education, when we make our husbands the object of our respect and affection, when we don’t think life consists of an abundance of possessions, this will result in a blessed habitation. 

                        Wisdom will give us a glorious life but foolishness will bring shame.