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Do Not Depend On The Irresponsible – Proverbs 25:19

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Do Not Depend On The Irresponsible
Proverbs 25:19 (NIV)

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.

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Perjury Is Violence Against The Victim – Proverbs 25:18

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Perjury Is Violence Against The Victim
Proverbs 25:18 (NIV)

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

Rarely Enter The Home Of Your Neighbor – Proverbs 25:17

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Rarely Enter The Home Of Your Neighbor
Proverbs 25:17 (NIV)

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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Moderation Is A Virtue – Proverbs 25:16

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Moderation Is A Virtue
Proverbs 25:16 (NIV)

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

Exercise Civility – Proverbs 25:15

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Exercise Civility
Proverbs 25:15 (NIV)

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