1) My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
2) you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Back a debtor, and the pledge is morally committed.
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8) Keep to a path far from her,
do not go near the door of her house,
9) lest you lose your honor to others
and your dignity to one who is cruel,
10) lest strangers feast on your wealth
and your toil enrich the house of another.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Adultery Threatens
Your Honor
Your Dignity
Your Wealth
Your Industry
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23) Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Your heart represents your spirit, protect it.
It is your inner self, constantly being modified.
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19) By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations,
by understanding he set the heavens in place;
Proverbs Club Commentary
Jesus formed the earth using the Wisdom He formed first.
He created the universe from understanding the concepts of Wisdom.
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9) Then you will understand what is right and just
and fair—every good path.
Proverbs Club Commentary
The Wise walk narrow paths with righteousness and honesty.
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