Proverbs 21
Verse 9:
Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Charlene and I were in SLO last weekend, and we had the opportunity to hear Pastor Steve preach on Wisdom and Marriage (17.6MB MP3). This is one of the passages he cited from Proverbs regarding marriage. It was specifically directed towards the singles in the group, when he encouraged them to make wise decisions in the choice of their mate. He told them they’d better choose wisely, or get used to living on the corner of their roof.
Verse 17:
He who loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever loves wine and oil will never be rich.
I’m baffled by the reference to “oil” here. I can see the part about loving pleasure or wine and their resultant consequences, but I fail to see the connection with oil. Is this in reference to cooking oil? Or oil that would be used in skin care or anointing? Very baffling.