26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge
or puts up security for debts;
27 if you lack the means to pay,
your very bed will be snatched from under you.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Do not commit to debt that cannot be covered.
#shakes #hands #pledge #security #debts #lack #means #pay #bed #snatched
24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,
do not associate with one easily angered,
25 or you may learn their ways
and get yourself ensnared.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Avoid befriending the wicked.
Their anger can attract you and then entrap you.
#friends #hot_tempered_person #associate #easily_angered #learn_their_ways #yourself #ensnared #hot_tempered #associate #angered #learn
22 Do not exploit the poor because they are poor
and do not crush the needy in court,
23 for the Lord will take up their case
and will exact life for life.
Proverbs Club Commentary
When the Wicked abuse the oppressed,
Jesus repays them accordingly.
#exploit #poor #crush #needy #court #The_Lord #Lord #take_up #case #exact #life_for_life #life
20 Have I not written thirty sayings for you,
sayings of counsel and knowledge,
21 teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth,
so that you bring back truthful reports to those you serve?
Proverbs Club Commentary
When you are honest and speak the truth,
others benefit as well as you.
#speak_the_truth #truthful_reports #written #sayings #counsel #knowledge #teaching #honest #speak #truth #truthful #reports #serve
17 Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;
apply your heart to what I teach,
18 for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
and have all of them ready on your lips.
19 So that your trust may be in the Lord,
I teach you today, even you.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Scrutinizing Proverbs Enhances Trust In The Lord.
Plant them in your mind and heart.
Speak them in your conversations.
Even you.
#pay_attention #sayings_of_the_wise #The_Lord #even_you #ear #teach #pleasing #heart #lips #trust #Lord #today
