angela hormberg

Tag: Death

  • Proverbs 11:19

    Proverbs 11:19

    Tending and Pursuing

    Commonplace –

    “As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death” (Proverbs 11:19).

    Proverbs 11:19 is about action, just different kinds.

    In the first part of the verse, we are told that righteous ‘tends to’ or leads to life. This is interesting. What is leading? Righteousness is leading, in the sense that we are following an example. Only one is truly righteous, and that is Jesus, “in him is no sin” (1 John 3:5). Only through our faith in Christ are we justified. Therefore, when we are choosing to follow Christ’s example, we are submitting our will to him. Only in this way are we acting justly and only in Christ are we justified and receive eternal life. “…righteousness, in its own nature, has a direct tendency to life and wickedness to death” (Henry 699).

    In the second part of the verse, we are told about the person who pursues evil. Who is pursuing? The person that seeks to do evil. This person has in front of him the desire to act unjustly, and he chooses to seek it. “The more violent a man is in sinful pursuits the eagerly bent he is upon his own destruction; he awakens it when it seemed to slumber and hastens it when it seemed to linger” (Henry 699).

    We are either following an example or pursuing our own desires.

    Works Cited

    Henry, Matthew. “Proverbs 11:19.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary On the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition. Volume 3 and Volume 6, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., March 1996.

    Holy Bible: Giant Print with Study Aids. Dugan Publishers, Inc., 1984.

    © 2026 Angela Hormberg

  • Proverbs 11:6

    Proverbs 11:6

    Deliverance

    Commonplace –

    “The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness” (Proverbs 11:6).

    Death comes for all of us. We never know the exact day and time. We do know that we all want the evil among us to be punished for the wicked deeds done and the good people to be rewarded for their devotion to righteousness. At the time of death, justice, which may have been delayed in the material world, is served in the spiritual one that follows. Contemplating death should be something we all do, because it puts us in mind of justice and causes us to consider what our judgment will be. In light of this, it is good to consider Matthew Henry’s words:

    “For the truths are here [in Proverbs 11:6] of such certainty and weight that they cannot be too often inculcated. Let us govern ourselves by these principles” (696).

    Works Cited

    Henry, Matthew. “Proverbs 11:6.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary On the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition. Volume 3 and Volume 6, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., March 1996.

    Holy Bible: Giant Print with Study Aids. Dugan Publishers, Inc., 1984.

    © 2026 Angela Hormberg

  • 2025 Rtb: Genesis 25, Part II

    2025 Rtb: Genesis 25, Part II

    2025

    Read Through the Bible

    Day 16: Genesis 25, a little more

    The following verse , Genesis 25:8, also struck me:

    “The Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people” (Gen 25:8).

    Matthew Henry offers some beautiful commentary in regards to this verse, but I will only quote the Latin statement, which he noted in relation to it:

    “Vixi quantum satis est – I have lived long enough” (123).

    Henry, Matthew. “Volume 1: Genesis.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary On the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition. Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., March 1996.

    Holy Bible: Giant Print with Study Aids. Dugan Publishers, Inc., 1984.

    © 2025 Angela Hormberg