In the Old Testament book of Proverbs, chapter 29, verse 18, we read “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Strictly speaking, from a Biblical perspective, the author of Proverbs is telling readers that without a proper understanding and right relationship with God, both leaders and their peoples go their own way, they become wayward, they live without restraint. The same word used here for “perish” is also used by the Hebrew writer explaining the incident with the golden calf in the Old Testament book of Exodus; Moses was up on Mt. Sinai talking with God, and his brother, Aaron, was left to be in charge of the Hebrew people camped below the mountain, having recently left bondage in Egypt. When the people grew tired of waiting for Moses, they told Aaron to make them an idol – in this case, the famed golden calf. When Moses finally came down the mountain – with the Ten Commandments – he saw that the people were without restraint – they had, in a sense, “perished.” And as Exodus records, the people “became a laughingstock to their enemies.”
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In the Old Testament book of Proverbs, chapter 29, verse 18, we read “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Strictly speaking, from a Biblical perspective, the author of Proverbs is telling readers that without a proper understanding and right relationship with God, both leaders and their peoples go their own way, they become wayward, they live without restraint. The same word used here for “perish” is also used by the Hebrew writer explaining the incident with the golden calf in the Old Testament book of Exodus; Moses was up on Mt. Sinai talking with God, and his brother, Aaron, was left to be in charge of the Hebrew people camped below the mountain, having recently left bondage in Egypt. When the people grew tired of waiting for Moses, they told Aaron to make them an idol – in this case, the famed golden calf. When Moses finally came down the mountain – with the Ten Commandments – he saw that the people were without restraint – they had, in a sense, “perished.” And as Exodus records, the people “became a laughingstock to their enemies.”