Blameless

Proverbs 2:1-8 – My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless, for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.

Genesis 15:1 – After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.

Job 1:1 – In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.

Application:

• ·         Whether “shield” or “sovereign” is meant, the reference is to the Lord as Abram’s king. As elsewhere, “shield” stands for king.
• ·         “Store up…within you” just as the psalmist hid God’s word in his heart to avoid sin.
• ·         “Blameless and upright” means spiritually and morally upright.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV