I've been reading Proverbs 29 this evening:
One who is often reproved, yet remains stubborn,
will suddenly be broken beyond healing.
One who is often reproved, yet remains stubborn,
will suddenly be broken beyond healing.
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice;
but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
By justice a king gives stability to the land,
but one who makes heavy exactions ruins it.
but one who makes heavy exactions ruins it.
The righteous know the rights of the poor;
the wicked have no such understanding.
the wicked have no such understanding.
Scoffers set a city aflame,
but the wise turn away wrath.
If the wise go to law with fools,
there is ranting and ridicule without relief.
but the wise turn away wrath.
If the wise go to law with fools,
there is ranting and ridicule without relief.
A fool gives full vent to anger,
but the wise quietly holds it back.
but the wise quietly holds it back.
If a ruler listens to falsehood,
all his officials will be wicked.
all his officials will be wicked.
Do you see someone who is hasty in speech?
There is more hope for a fool than for anyone like that.
There is more hope for a fool than for anyone like that.
One given to anger stirs up strife,
and the hothead causes much transgression.
A person’s pride will bring humiliation,
but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
and the hothead causes much transgression.
A person’s pride will bring humiliation,
but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
Sometimes no commentary is necessary. Wisdom speaks for itself. And so, I pray tonight with Proverbs.
