19) Like a broken tooth or a lame foot
is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Depend on the Wise and the Godly.
Others could hang you out to dry.
#broken #tooth #lame #foot #reliance #unfaithful #time #trouble
18) Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow
is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Perjury is not just a felony.
It is also an attack on the defendant.
#club #sword #sharp #arrow #gives #false #testimony #against #neighbor
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.
#seldom #set #foot #your #neighbor #house #much #they #will #hate #you
16) If you find honey, eat just enough—
too much of it, and you will vomit.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Voracity is to be avoided.
It does not speak well of you.
#find #honey #eat #enough #much #vomit
15) Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,
and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Be civil and be more productive.
Let your gentleness be evident to all.
Philippians 4:5(a) (NIV)
#through #patience #ruler #persuaded #gentle #tongue #break #bone
