This is a sermon comparing an upright walk with a perverted walk.
In the midst of this story of warfare we find an interesting story about a man. In this man we will see many of the same characteristics of our own lives.
In our day we have reduced lies to bad lies and white lies. We justify reasons for not telling the truth and it is so much a part of us that our conscience doesn’t even bother us any more.
Whereas most of Proverbs deals with a father speaking to his son, this chapter contains a mother’s wisdom that she gives to her son.
The Israelites were determined to have a king like all the nations and God had granted their request.
