24 Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs Club Commentary
While waiting to reconcile or to seek consultation,
sequester yourself in an isolated cubbyhole.
#quarrelsome_wife #quarrelsome #wife #corner_of_the_roof #corner #roof #better #live #share #house
28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause;
would you use your lips to mislead?
Proverbs Club Commentary
Lying about others breaks the Ninth Commandment.
#testify #against #neighbor #without_cause #cause #lips #mislead
34 You will be like one sleeping on the high seas,
lying on top of the rigging.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Rumor has it that I imbibed in my Navy years.
I had been at the top of the rigging, too.
But never at the same time.
Restrain your consumption of alcohol.
#sleeping #high_seas #seas #lying #top_of_the_rigging #rigging
17 Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;
apply your heart to what I teach,
18 for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
and have all of them ready on your lips.
19 So that your trust may be in the Lord,
I teach you today, even you.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Scrutinizing Proverbs Enhances Trust In The Lord.
Plant them in your mind and heart.
Speak them in your conversations.
Even you.
#pay_attention #sayings_of_the_wise #The_Lord #even_you #ear #teach #pleasing #heart #lips #trust #Lord #today
17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.
Proverbs Club Commentary
How much is a cup of K-Cup coffee?
How much is a cup of BuckyStars?
How much per Week? Month? Year?
What good could you do with the difference?
#loves #pleasure #poor #wine #olive_oil #never #rich
