Reading for November 20th

Read Proverbs 28.1-28.  In verse 4: The law ("torah") is taken by some as the Mosaic law but it is better to understand it as the traditional instruction of teachers and parents. To defy such teaching is to promote the designs of the wicked, whereas to heed it is to defeat them. In verse 9: An example of poetic justice: Whoever does not listen to the law (or instruction), which comes ultimately from God, will not be heard by God. In verse 24: Children lived in their parents' home until they were married, and even after marriage could remain under the parental roof. If the parents grew feeble, the children might become the domineering and gradually take over the house and its wealth. The saying declares such usurpation to constitute simple theft. The children have  no more right to their parents' property while the later are living than a brigand does who is outside the family. Comments or Questions..