“My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother.” —Proverbs 6:20 (KJV) “For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life.” —Proverbs 6:23 (KJV) Here the Father and the Mother speak together, revealing the two-fold structure of divine guidance. The Father gives commandments—the direct, clear, straight decrees from Heaven. The Mother gives law—the governing principles of cause and effect, the moral structure of the universe, the consequences that reveal truth through experience. “My son, keep thy father’s commandment…” Obey the words of the Father. Keep them near. Bind them to the heart. Let them govern decisions and direct steps. The commandments do not restrain life—they protect it, illuminate it, stabilize it, and empower it. “…and forsake not the law of thy mother.” The law of the Mother is the law of consequence— the law of “as within, so without,” the law of sowing and reaping, the law that teaches through return, the law that disciplines by reflection. To forsake her law is to forsake wisdom, to forsake understanding, to forsake the very pattern of righteousness that keeps a man aligned with the Kingdom. Then verse 23 explains the spiritual mechanics: “For the commandment is a lamp…” A lamp holds light. It contains it. It bears it. It carries it within. Thus, the commandments are not merely rules— they are containers of illumination. When you keep the commandments, you hold within yourself a lamp that pushes back confusion and shadows. “…and the law is light…” The law does not hold light— it is the light. It shines. It reveals. It exposes. It uncovers the hidden paths, the motives, the dangers, and the potential errors before they manifest. The law expels darkness, and darkness is simply ignorance of consequence. When you walk in the law, you walk in visibility. You cannot stumble. You cannot be ambushed by your own impulses. You see clearly. Then the Scripture gives the third pillar:

“Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.” —Proverbs 5:15 (KJV) This proverb is one of the deepest metaphors of spiritual independence, divine indwelling, and the inner fountain of wisdom. It teaches the child of God that wisdom must be internal, not borrowed; cultivated, not copied; drawn from within, not siphoned from others. The Father says: “Drink waters out of thine own cistern…” Your cistern. Your supply. Your source. Your spirit. Your relationship with God. Your personal wellspring of truth. For if a man is to be wise, he must become wise for himself. Wisdom cannot be outsourced. Understanding cannot be borrowed. Truth cannot be downloaded from another’s soul. A man must build, fill, and draw from his own cistern. This is the spiritual equivalent of growing his own tree of knowledge, his own vineyard of understanding. Then the Father continues: “…and running waters out of thine own well.” A well is deeper than a cistern. A cistern collects water— but a well produces it. A cistern stores truth— but a well generates it. A cistern receives— but a well flows. This is the deeper layer: the well is the spirit of man awakened by God. Jesus echoed this proverb when He said: “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” —John 7:38 (KJV) This is not water from another man’s belly, not revelation borrowed from another soul, not insight purchased second-hand— but your own river, your own living water, your own inner fountain fed by the Holy Spirit. The same truth appears in His promise: “I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.” —John 6:35 (KJV) Never thirst—because the well becomes internal. Never hunger—because the bread becomes internal. Never lost—because the truth becomes internal. Thus Proverbs 5:15 is a prophetic foundation of Christ’s teachings: You must learn to receive directly from God,

“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” —Proverbs 4:23 (KJV) The heart is the core of a man, the vessel, the cup. And the contents of the cup determine the contents of the pour. If the cup is clean, the pour is clean. If the cup is filled with truth, truth flows freely. If the cup is filled with corruption, corruption escapes the lips. This is the law—as within, so without; cause and effect; you reap what you sow. Jesus affirmed this eternal principle: “A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.” —Matthew 12:35 (KJV) Therefore the command of the Father is this: “Keep thy heart with all diligence…” Guard it. Protect it. Watch it constantly. Clean it out. Fill it intentionally. Let nothing enter the cup except what belongs to righteousness. The preceding verses explain how this is done: Proverbs 4:20–22 (KJV): “My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.” By reading the Proverbs daily, by speaking them aloud, by hearing our own voice declare them, by keeping our eyes upon them, we place the Father’s truth inside the cup. And soon enough, when we are called to speak, we will pour out what we have put in— the right words at the right time. For Jesus said: “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.” —Matthew 12:34 (KJV) If we answer according to the Scriptures, then the Scriptures fill our cup. If we answer contrary to the Scriptures, then something else fills the cup. The mouth reveals the heart. But keeping the heart diligent does not only mean filling it with truth— it also means keeping it away from wickedness. The same chapter warns: “Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.”

“My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments.” —Proverbs 3:1 (KJV) Here the Heavenly Father speaks directly to His son—and through His son, to all His children in Christ. The command is simple, yet infinite in depth: Do not forget the law, and let your heart be the keeper of the commandments. The law is not merely instruction written on stone or scrolls; the law is the divine order of reality. The law is as within, so without. The law is cause and effect. The law is you reap what you sow. The law is the principle that governs creation itself. “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” —Galatians 6:7 (KJV) The Father’s law is the rhythm of righteousness, the architecture of heaven, the structure of moral reality, the consequence system of the universe. When He says “forget not my law”, He is saying: Remember how reality works. Remember that actions produce outcomes. Remember that thoughts shape consequences. Remember that the inner world becomes the outer world. For what a man does within produces results without. And what a man does without returns back within. The law reflects the man back to himself. This is the law of the Great Mother— the law of consequence, the law of return, the law of wisdom, who teaches by mirroring a man’s deeds back to him until he learns righteousness. Then the Father continues: “…but let thine heart keep my commandments.” Not your mind alone. Not your memory alone. Not your ritual alone. Let your heart—the core, the cup, the center—keep them. The heart is the home of intention. The heart is the temple where commandments take root. The heart is where obedience becomes identity. If the commandments do not live in the heart, they will not live in the life. To let the heart keep the commandments means: Let your inner being hold fast to the Father’s instructions. Let your motives be shaped by righteousness. Let your impulses be governed by wisdom. Let your decisions arise from purity.

“For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.” —Proverbs 2:21 (KJV) This verse reveals a foundational truth of the Kingdom—one that overturns the modern misconception of an escape-the-earth rapture. Many have been taught that God will snatch His people away from the world, lift them into the sky, and remove them from the presence of evil. But the Scriptures—from the prophets, to Jesus, to the wisdom literature—teach the very opposite: the righteous remain, and the wicked are removed. Proverbs 2:21 declares this plainly: “For the upright shall dwell in the land…” The upright—the righteous, the honest, the just, the fair, the obedient—are not taken away from the earth. They are planted in it. They are kept in it. They are preserved for it. And: “…the perfect shall remain in it.” “Perfect” in Scripture refers to those who mature—those who complete the work of righteousness through discipline, repentance, wisdom, patience, truth, and obedience. Those who grow into spiritual completeness remain forever. This is not removal—it is inheritance. Not escape—it is endurance. Not flight into the clouds—it is establishment in Zion. Scripture is consistent from beginning to end in this truth. Isaiah prophesied: “He created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited.” —Isaiah 45:18 (KJV) The earth was made to be lived in, not abandoned. The devil was never given ownership of it. The righteous are not meant to flee from it. God intends His people to dwell in the land He created. Jesus confirmed this in His teaching: “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.” —Matthew 5:5 (KJV) Not the sky. Not a different realm. Not an escape. The meek inherit the earth. And again: “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” —Matthew 6:10 (KJV) The Kingdom comes here. Heaven descends here. The righteous remain here. Proverbs continues this contrast in the very next verse: Proverbs 2:22 (KJV): “But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.”