Pr. 26: What Happens to a Fool

Proverbs 26:23 "Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart. "

Here is a pretty straightforward and generally entertaining read. Most of chapter 26 deals with the fool, and how not to be like him.

Honor is unfitting a fool. He gets a rod to the back as natural as a man uses a bridle for a horse.

You lower yourself to his level if you answer his ridiculous nonsense, and in turn make him feel wise when he's not. When he speaks, proverbs in his mouth are useless. Like legs to a lame man, like a thornbush in hand.

Does he learn? No. He's like a dog returning to its vomit. For whatever reason unbeknownst to anyone, he does it. And it makes no sense. What's worse, he thinks he's wise for it.

The sluggard takes a beating hear to. He lays in bed like a door sits on hinges. Turning occasionally, but never going anywhere.

It's not right to deceive someone, and say you're joking. If you joke, joke, but not at someone's expense or harm. Its madness. Not Sparta.

Gossip :: Quarrel as Wood :: Fire.

A coating of glaze over earthenware...very interesting metaphor for fervent lips covering an evil heart. The words someone says may sound good, but disguise his wickedness inside. The liar is sometimes hard to spot. But when it's broken, and the cheap junk is inside...you can tell. Which is why you don't always take words at face value.