7 Like the useless legs of one who is lame
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
New International Version (NIV)
PCDC Commentary
Proverbs are for seekers.
Fools cannot discern their meanings.
Righteous Ruling, Righteous Judge
Proverbs 25:11-12
11 Like apples of gold in settings of silver
is a ruling rightly given.
12 Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold
is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.
New International Version (NIV)
PCDC Commentary
A righteous ruling from a wise judge must be affirmed.
11 Rescue those being led away to death;
hold back those staggering toward slaughter.
New International Version (NIV)
PCDC Commentary
Rescue the doomed and the lost.
13 Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
14 Punish them with the rod
and save them from death.
New International Version (NIV)
PCDC Commentary
Disciplining children, in the main, has been discouraged in our current society.
Disciplining with a rod would certainly bring you major blowback
from your local authorities.
Punishment itself is rarely productive, and often counter-productive.
Physical discipline should not be used today, to protect all involved.
7 The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
New International Version (NIV)
PCDC Commentary
Rich is to Poor
as Borrower is to Lender.
Borrow is to Lend
As Bondage is to Slavery.
