Good Advice for All

 

Thought for Today - May 16, 2023 

Good advice for All !

By: Robert A Searles

" Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.  A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family.  The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.  A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.  Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished. Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.  Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool- how much worse lying lips to a ruler!  A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it; they think success will come at every turn. Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool. Evildoers foster rebellion against God; the messenger of death will be sent against them. Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly.  Evil will never leave the house of one who pays back evil for good.  Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.  Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent- the Lord detests them both.  Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it?A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.  One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for a neighbor.  Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin; whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.  One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper; one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.  To have a fool for a child brings grief; there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool. A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.  The wicked accept bribes in secret to pervert the course of justice.  A discerning person keeps wisdom in view, but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth. A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him. If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good, surely to flog honest officials is not right.  The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint, and whoever has understanding is even-tempered.  Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues."Proverbs 17 

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