Proverbs
\n10<\/p>\n
Verse 10:1 opens the fortune cookie chapters of Proverbs:<\/p>\n
The proverbs of Solomon:
\nA wise son makes his father glad,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0but a foolish one fills his mother with sorrow.<\/p>\n
These next few chapters are what is considered antithetical
\nparallelism,\u00a0or the one line is positive and the other is the negative.
\nInteresting how the wise son makes dad happy, but the fool falls on mom. I like
\nthis one since it highlights why wisdom is important, to make your parents
\nhappy. Each of us have done things that have gotten our parents to get angry or
\nbe filled with sadness \u2026 and some are still doing it in their 50\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Verse 10:4 talks about work:<\/p>\n
A slack hand produces\u00a0nothing
\nbut<\/i>\u00a0poverty,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0but an industrious hand\u00a0soon<\/i>\u00a0takes
\nhold of riches.<\/p>\n
Most Proverbs must be read and dwelled on for some time to
\nsee how they apply to your life. Unfortunately they tend to become \u201cone-liners\u201d
\nand clich\u00e9\u2019s rather than helpful adages. Think if you worked with a slacker and
\njust out of the blue shared this Proverb. Would the reaction be positive or
\nnegative? What if you were the slacker, yet did not perceive it that way?
\nSolomon wrote these to get YOU introspectively reviewing your actions, not to
\nbarf on others who desperately need them.<\/p>\n
Verse 10:32 is the last in this chapter of gems:<\/p>\n
The lips of the right-living
\nunderstand what is proper,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0but the mouths of wrongdoers\u00a0twist and<\/i>\u00a0pervert
\nthe truth.<\/p>\n
As with most of these one verse Proverbs this is a gem. Also,
\nit cannot be used \u201cagainst\u201d or \u201con\u201d anyone else but oneself. I look at
\npoliticians today and both parties can use this against the other, and I
\nbelieve both would believe in their heart they were \u201cright-living\u201d. Maybe in
\ntis example the \u201cright-living\u201d are not in politics? See this is where
\nintrospective thought is necessary! We are all wrongdoers on some level, the
\nproblem is do we twist the truth to our advantage.<\/p>\n
I do often, without thinking. If I am caught, it\u2019s a reflex
\naction to hunker-down in CYA mode. Katy catches me and I can never give a solid
\nanswer to why I do it. I honestly don\u2019t know when in my life I developed that
\nreflex, but it\u2019s amazing how easy it is to engage. Fortunately, I am not good
\nat it so now I tend to be honest, except for stupid things like answering why I
\nwent to QT. We must remember, twisting the truth be it where you were last
\nnight or the candy bar you got at QT have the same eternal consequence.<\/p>\n
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