29 The glory of young men is their strength,
gray hair the splendor of the old.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Young men walk in their strength.
Old men walk in their dignity.
Both can be either deceptive or true or somewhere in the middle.
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1) Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Proverbs Club Commentary
The Godly Poor transcend the evil words of the Wicked.
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7) The mouths of fools are their undoing,
and their lips are a snare to their very lives.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Fools harm themselves with careless speech.
Choose your words wisely.
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28) Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,
and discerning if they hold their tongues.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Better to be reticent than to speak out of ignorance.
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30) Whoever winks with their eye is plotting perversity;
whoever purses their lips is bent on evil.
Proverbs Club Commentary
It is wise to learn and interpret body language.
“How to Read a Person Like a Book”
Gerard I. Nierenberg, Henry H. Calero
First published January 1, 1971
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