6) The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Proverbs Club Commentary
It is counter-productive to deceptively acquire riches.
Ill-gotten gain corrupts the character and brings about destruction.
#getting #treasures #lying #tongue #vanity #tossed #seek #death
6) Many claim to have unfailing love,
but a faithful person who can find?
Proverbs Club Commentary
Unfailing love must be funneled to all you meet.
Very difficult to do, especially to the godless.
This is a personal task between the two of you.
Avoiding each other may be necessary.
#many #claim #have #unfailing #love #faithful #person #find
7) The poor are shunned by all their relatives—
how much more do their friends avoid them!
Though the poor pursue them with pleading,
they are nowhere to be found.
Proverbs Club Commentary
The poor are all too often abandoned by family and friends.
The Godly must do what they can to help them.
#poor #shunned #relatives #friends #avoid #poor #pursue #pleading #nowhere #found
14) The human spirit can endure in sickness,
but a crushed spirit who can bear?
Proverbs Club Commentary
Most physical maladies can be successfully tolerated.
Spiritual maladies are nebulous and distressing.
#human #spirit #endure #sickness #crushed #spirit #who #can #bear
7) Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool—
how much worse lying lips to a ruler!
Proverbs Club Commentary
Godless fools compliments have hidden motives.
Lying politicians have even more insidious motives.
#eloquent #lips #unsuited #godless #fool #much #worse #lying #lips #ruler
