Pro. 1

1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
2 To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding,
3 To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice and equity;
4 To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion,
5 A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
6 To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles.
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Combined with previous verse(6), to understand such a wisdom, I must admit that God is living and resides with me from the true heart.

8 Hear, my son, your father's instruction And do not forsake your mother's teaching;
9 Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck.

Again, combined with previous verse(8), obeying what both parents are teaching to me is the way that I can live healthily, gracefully. Here, however, I want to raise up the question that it is available when both parents are teaching bible, a word of God, or if not, then, like if they taught them an idols, then, we should not follow their words even if they are my parents. Thus, I conclude that father and mother in this verse might be representing God.

10 My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.
11 If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
12 Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;
13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil;
14 Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse,"

Here, I guess lot contains more meanings. Find out some more:

15 My son, do not walk in the way with them Keep your feet from their path,
16 For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood.
Stay away from evil for once you dip into it with any reasons, it is hard to get out of it like a spider web.

죄라는 것은 아예 맛도 보지 말고, 발도 들여놓지 말라는 권고이자 경고의 말씀이다. 그도 그런것이, 정말 잠깐 하나님을 외면하는 순간 – 그것이 바로 죄다 – 순식간에 한없이 하나님과 멀어지고 있는 나 자신을 발견할 때가 많이 있다. 끊임없이 찾아오는 죄의 유혹 속에서 하나님과의 신실한 관계를 계속 맺어 나가기 위해서는 물론, 주님의 강권적인 힘으로 막을껀 막아주시고, 채울껀 채워주시면 가능하겠지만, 그보다도 우선, 내 옆에 항상 계시는 주님을 바라보거나 아니면 항상 느끼고 살아가도록 개인적인 노력과 의지가 필요하다.

17 Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net In the sight of any bird;
18 But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.

Indeed, those people who stand in the path of sinners and love to sin will be dead. 죄의 삯은 사망이라는 말씀과 같이 죄를 좇는 사람은 결국 다 망하게 된다는 말씀. 자승자박이다.

19 So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.
20 Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square;
21 At the head of the noisy streets she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:
22 "How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?

Those are the typical types of sins: simple-minded, scoffing, and hate knowledge.

23 "Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.
If we repent, then Lord will going to pour His sprit on us and cleanse us, and our sights will be brighter.

24 "Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;
25 And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof;

Even though Lord speaks up His words to people, but people ignore it.

26 I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes,
27 When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.

Because of people ignoring God’s words, God will let people to experience calamities, and He would laugh at them. 하나님은 소위 인간의 아버지라고 부른다. 한데, 이 장면에서는 하나님의 냉혹한 면을 보게된다. 아무리 제 자식이 자신의 말을 안 듣는다고 할지라도 벌을 주면서 기뻐한다는 것은 사랑의 아버지 또는 전형적인 아버지의 모습이라고 보기에는 무리가 있다. 왜, 육신의 부모도 제 자식이 말을 안 들을 때에는 때리거나 벌을 주지 않은가. 하지만 제 자식이 아무리 잘못을 했어도 때리면서 기뻐하는 부모가 과연 있을까 싶다. 아마 있을수도 있지만 적어도 현재로서는 나는 이해가 되지 않는다. 따라서 하나님이란 때론 아버지 같지만 때론 심판자와 같은 두 가지 면을 동시에 가진 분이라는 결론밖에 내릴 수 없겠다. 아무튼, 인간의 아버지를 생각하고는 하나님(아버지) 사랑에 대해 무조건적인 믿음을 가지면 안되겠다는 생각이 든다.

28 "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,
29 Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD.
30 "They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof.
31 "So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way And be satiated with their own devices.

뿌린대로 거두는 논리가 여기서도 나타난다.

32 "For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.
33 "But he who listens to me shall live securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil."