8 What you have seen with your eyes
do not bring hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
if your neighbor puts you to shame?
Proverbs Club Commentary
Every magician knows that the eye is easily fooled.
A vision can have many interpretations.
Have your eyes ever deceived you?
Ever see “Rear Window”?
#seen #eyes #bring #hastily #court #do #end #your #neighbor #you #shame
6 Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence,
and do not claim a place among his great men;
7 it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”
than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Never take a position higher than you deserve and risk embarrassment.
Humble yourself and possibly be recognized for your accomplishments.
#exalt #yourself #king #presence #claim #place #great #men #better #humiliate #nobles
4 Remove the dross from the silver,
and a silversmith can produce a vessel;
5 remove wicked officials from the king’s presence,
and his throne will be established through righteousness.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Purge the corrupt government agents
and inaugurate a virtuous administration.
#remove #dross #silver #silversmith #produce #vessel #wicked #officials #king #presence #throne #established #righteousness
3 As the heavens are high and the earth is deep,
so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
Proverbs Club Commentary
The true self of a leader is not discoverable.
It is too complex to be properly understood.
#heavens #high #earth #deep #hearts #kings #unsearchable
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;
to search out a matter is the glory of kings.
Proverbs Club Commentary
To conceal a matter, like our sin,
is for God to hide it.
To reveal a matter, like the Gospel,
is for the Righteous to announce it.
#glory #God #conceal #matter #search #glory #kings
