Category: Devotional Readings

A brief aside. This chapter tells us repeatedly that Esau is Edom.But it also tells us a story of the richness of the KJV word usage. Gen 36:1  Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.Gen 36:8  Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.Gen 36:43  Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of… Continue reading Putting up your Dukes – Genesis 36:15+

This chapter is an excellent complimant to our study in 2 Peter 2 and Jude.The wording is quite strong.Jeremiah 23 King James Version (KJV)23 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.2 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock,… Continue reading Jeremiah 23 – Land of the False Prophets

Proverbs 25 King James Version (KJV)1These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.4 Take… Continue reading Proverbs 25 – Well worth reading in the context of the New Testament

Luk 5:39  No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.I really like the final explaination Gill gives of the old wine.Much like...Jer 6:16  Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for… Continue reading Luke 5:39 – The Taste of Old Wine