Gifts, Favors & “Help” Corrupts Good Judgment
Gifts, Favors & “Help” Corrupts Good Judgment
Proverbs 19:4
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
הון יסיף רעים רבים ודל מרעהו יפרד׃
Exodus 23:8
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
ושחד לא תקח כי השחד יעור פקחים ויסלף דברי צדיקים׃
Deuteronomy 16:19
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
לא תטה משפט לא תכיר פנים ולא תקח שחד כי השחד יעור עיני חכמים ויסלף דברי צדיקם׃
Proverbs 15:28
The Heart is easily deceived because it is moved by emotions and feelings of the heart.
לב צדיק יהגה לענות ופי רשעים יביע רעות׃
Proverbs 17:8
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
אבן חן השחד בעיני בעליו אל כל אשר יפנה ישכיל׃
Deuteronomy 10:17
Your heart can convince you to take candy from a stranger or do that which is clearly wrong. When you “need” something, you may rationalize the easy way to get it. Or someone may offer you help that is not so convenient because it comes with a price.
for example, Men who rape children, usually offer help to single mothers who don’t have help otherwise from brothers, or the children’s father. They will not worry about any other man coming to her rescue. (Men should always be present, even if they break up with their woman, brothers should look out for their nieces and nephews and be present if need be).
The Predator will be there for the mother until they know the mother’s guard is completely down and her heart trusts in him and then one day when she least expects it, he will take advantage of the children. this is how they work. Good judgment should tell mothers, don’t accept help from a stranger or leave your child alone with a man. Talk to your children. Warn them, and always ask them if they have been “touched”. Believe them if they tell you.
How do coaches & priests continue to molest children in their care? It seems no matter how much they make it in the news, people won’t use good judgment. Uncles and fathers sometimes are predators too.
Singles Moms Watch out for those who “Help”
The Heart has a string and it is easy to pull the string of the PERSON that is moved by the heart. The Bible warns us about following our heart and instead promotes doing what is right in the eyes of Yahuah
This post isn’t about Rape or Molestation, although I did present this example. You should never listen to your heart. Your heart can deceive you. Listen to Yahuah, Do that which is right in Yahuah’s eyes. Listen to other when they tell you things that seem “uncomfortable” to your heart. Your heart hates negative emotions. Don’t be willingly lied to because of your heart, which is desperately wicked.
Don’t Follow Your Heart
Jeremiah 17:9
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
The heart is the center organ inside of our bodies. It is the area that seems to be affected by our emotions, thus the heart represents emotions and feelings. In the Manakahthey language, the heart communicates emotions and feelings that seem to come from the heart.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Genesis 6:5
And Alaheym saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
וירא יהוה כי רבה רעת האדם בארץ וכל יצר מחשבת לבו רק רע כל היום׃
The Heart of Man is Wicked!
Genesis 8:21And Yahuah smelled a sweet savour; and Yahuah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Job 15:14-1612
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,13That thou turnest thy spirit against Alaheym, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.16How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?12
מה יקחך לבך ומה ירזמון עיניך׃13כי תשיב אל אל רוחך והצאת מפיך מלין׃14מה אנוש כי יזכה וכי יצדק ילוד אשה׃15הן בקדשו לא יאמין ושמים לא זכו בעיניו׃16אף כי נתעב ונאלח איש שתה כמים עולה׃׃
The Heart, at any moment in our lives, may suffer from Cognitive Dissonance due to Any “Unpleasant Feelings” caused by Truth, theirby deceiving us
This “unfavorable feeling” is projected from the heart. Even if others warn you, you may not want to hear the truth because of the Lies you tell yourself and convince your “Heart” otherwise.
The heart relies on feelings so much that it can reject the truth when it hurts the heart. The heart doesn’t do what is best for it all the time. The heart can cause someone to be overweight or be a drunkard.
Don’t let your heart deceive you. Use your mind and the Torah to direct your heart.
Follow What is Right in the Eyes of Yahuah
Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of Yahuah are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
Noah was judged by the eyes of Yahuah
Genesis 6:8
But Noah found grace in the eyes of Yahuah
Genesis 38:7
And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the eyes of Yahuah; and Yahuah slew him.
ויהי ער בכור יהודה רע בעיני יהוה וימתהו יהוה׃
Deuteronomy 6:1
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which Yahuah your Alaheym commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: 2That thou mightest fear Yahuah thy Alaheym, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. 3Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as Yahuah Alaheym of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.4Hear, O Israel: Yahuah our Alaheym is one Yahuah: 5And thou shalt love Yahuah thy Alaheym with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.10And it shall be, when Yahuah thy Alaheym shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, 11And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; 12Then beware lest thou forget Yahuah, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 13Thou shalt fear Yahuah thy Alaheym, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. 14Ye shall not go after other Alaheyms, of the Alaheyms of the people which are round about you; 15(For Yahuah thy Alaheym is a jealous Alaheym among you) lest the anger of Yahuah thy Alaheym be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.16Ye shall not tempt Yahuah your Alaheym, as ye tempted him in Massah. 17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahuah your Alaheym, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
18And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the eyes of Yahuah: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Yahuah sware unto thy fathers, 19To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as Yahuah hath spoken.
ועשית הישר והטוב בעיני יהוה למען ייטב לך ובאת וירשת את הארץ הטבה אשר נשבע יהוה לאבתיך׃
20And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Yahuah our Alaheym hath commanded you? 21Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and Yahuah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: 22And Yahuah shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: 23And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. 24And Yahuah commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahuah our Alaheym, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. 25And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before Yahuah our Alaheym, as he hath commanded us.Israelites Agreed to Keep Yahuah’s Covenant & are Married to YahuahBeing married to him, we are to Obey Him and do what is right in his eyesHe Alone is Alaheym and He alone is Yahuah. His way is Perfect Regardless if we made a covenant or not.He is Eternal, wise, and great. Learn of him here
