As my family and I spent significant time resting this past Memorial Day weekend, I found myself reflecting upon some ancient proverbs, wondering, no less, if we still hold them to be true.
Do we honor them? … believe in them? … disagree with them? … or ignore them — not wanting to acknowledge any potential truth? I wonder…
A faithful man will be richly blessed…
A kindhearted woman gains respect…
A generous man will prosper…
Evil men do not understand justice…
A greedy man stirs up dissension…
Every fool is quick to quarrel…
A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions…
A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult…
A fool gives full vent to his anger…
The adulteress gives not thought to the way of life; her paths are crooked, but she knows it not…
Do not be wise in your own eyes…
Do not forsake wisdom…
Do not withhold good from those who need it…
The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out…
A man’s pride brings him low…
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom…
Humility comes before honor…
Wisdom is found in those who take advice…
All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty…
He who answers before listening — that is his folly and his shame…
Here are six things God hates, and one more that he loathes with a passion: eyes that are arrogant, a tongue that lies, hands that murder the innocent, a heart that hatches evil plots, feet that race down a wicked track, a mouth that lies under oath, a troublemaker in the family…
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding…
He who trusts in himself is a fool…
Let me say it again: do we honor these proverbs? … believe in them? … disagree with them? … or ignore them — not wanting to acknowledge any potential truth?
I wonder…
Respectfully…
AR