9) Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s hand
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Proverbs Club Commentary
A fool can easily embarrass himself illustrating a proverb.
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17) Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house—
too much of you, and they will hate you.
Proverbs Club Commentary
The previous verse may also foreshadow this one.
Here are two examples of this common proverb.
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder.
Anonymous.
Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.
Benjamin Franklin.
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19) Do not fret because of evildoers
or be envious of the wicked,
20) for the evildoer has no future hope,
and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Do not fear or envy the Wicked.
They are hopeless and doomed.
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29) Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has strife? Who has complaints?
Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30) Those who linger over wine,
who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Alcoholic beverages must be consumed in moderation.
Abstention is wiser, but not obligatory.
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12) The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Jesus blesses the Wisdom Of The Wise,
but he hinders the beliefs of the fool.
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