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Reason
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Defined
G1
Bing Dictionary: the
power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments by a
process of logic.
G2
Thoughts including making decisions whether conditions at the present
or possible in the future (thus, we worry sometimes, but God never
worries).
H1
According to Strong’s: properly,
to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally)
to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a
malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard,
value, compute
H2
According to TWOT (767):
I1
The basic idea of
the word is the employment of the mind in thinking activity.
Reference is not so much to “understanding” (cf. bı̂n), but to
the creating of new ideas.
I2
Then used in 6 ways:
J1
Planning and
devising (Genesis 50:20 (the word “meant”))
J2
Making a judgment (Isaiah 54:4 (the word “esteem,” that is,
planned))
J3
Running thoughts through the mind. (Malachi 3:16 NKJV Then those who
feared the LORD spoke to one another, And the LORD listened and heard
them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him For those who
fear the LORD And who meditate on His name.
J4
Impute (to credit or discredit as in Genesis 15:6)
J5
To invent (Exodus 31:4)
J6
Accounting (that is bookkeeping as in 2 Kings 12:15 NLT No accounting
of this money was required from the construction supervisors, because
they were honest and trustworthy men.
I3
God can do all these perfectly in wisdom and love. He needs no one to
teach Him.
G4
The Greek Equivalents: βουλεύω, διαλογίζομαι,
δοκέω, ἐπιστρέφω, ἐπιχειρέω, εὐλαβέομαι,
ἡγέομαι, κινδυνεύω, λαλέω, λογίζομαι,
ποιέω, συλλογίζομαι, ὑπολαμβάνω, ὑφαντός,
φροντίζω defining the same ideas as the Hebrew word.
F2
Some verses
G1
Psalm 32:2 NIV Blessed
is the one whose sin the LORD does not count against
them and in whose spirit is no deceit.
G2
Jeremiah 18:11 NIV Now
therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem,
'This is what the LORD says: Look! I am preparing a disaster for you
and devising a
plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and
reform your ways and your actions.'
G3
Jeremiah 29:11 CSB For
I know the plans
I have for
you"—this is the LORD's declaration—"plans for your
well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
G4
Humans have the same characteristic. Here it is used in the negative
sense: Ezekiel 11:2 NIV The
LORD said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who are
plotting evil
and giving wicked advice in this city.
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Enjoyment
F1
This would include enjoyment of fellowship, music, beauty, etc.
F2
God and music
G1
God sings:
H1
Zephaniah 3:17 WEB Yahweh,
your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice
over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over
you with singing.
H2
“Think of the
great Jehovah singing! Can you imagine it? Is it possible to conceive
of the Deity breaking into a song: Father, Son and Holy Ghost
together singing over the redeemed? God is so happy in the love which
he bears to his people that he breaks the eternal silence, and sun
and moon and stars with astonishment hear God chanting a hymn of
joy.” (Spurgeon,
this note was found in Guzik’s
Enduring Word Commentary on
this passage)
G2
His creation from angels to birds sings
F3
Beauty
G1
Psalms 45:9-11 NRSV daughters
of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands
the queen in gold of Ophir. 10 Hear, O daughter, consider and incline
your ear; forget your people and your father's house, 11 and the king
will desire your beauty. Since he is your lord, bow to him.
G2
Here is a comment from the Believer’s
Bible Commentary:
45:9 The King is not
alone in the day of His power. The daughters of earth's monarchs are
among His royal attendants. At His right side is the queen, decked
with jewelry of gold from Ophir. And who is the queen? Here we must
resist the temptation to identify her with the church, since the
church is not the subject of OT revelation (Ephesians 3:5-9;
Colossians 1:26). We believe that the queen is the redeemed remnant
of the nation of Israel (Ezekiel 16:10-14) and that the attendants
may represent Gentile nations won to Christ through Israel's
testimony.
F4
Artistry [Emphasis is mine]
G1
Genesis 1:31 WEB God
saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very
good. There
was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
H1
Exodus 2:2 GW The
woman became pregnant and had a son. She saw how beautiful he
was and hid him for three months.
H2
Genesis 26:7 GNB When
the men there asked about his wife, he said that she was his sister.
He would not admit that she was his wife, because he was afraid that
the men there would kill him to get Rebecca, who was very
beautiful.
G3
Not only it creation pronounced good, it is very good. The
Hebrew word for
very is טוֹב ṭôwb.
It means exceedingly, much, etc. (adverb). [Emphasis is mine]
H1
1 Samuel 2:17 NKJV Therefore
the sin of the young men was very great
before the LORD, for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
H2
Zechariah 14:14 NRSV even
Judah will fight at Jerusalem. And the wealth of all the surrounding
nations shall be collected—gold, silver, and garments in
great abundance.
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Rejoice
G2
Psalms 104:31 MKJV The
glory of Jehovah shall endure forever; Jehovah shall rejoice in His
works.
G3
Psalms 16:8-9 NRSV I
keep the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I
shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul
rejoices; my body also rests secure.
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