Two verses really struck me in this chapter.
The first is verse two: "Whoever loves instruction, loves knowledge. But he who hates correction is stupid." Immediately after that reading verse, I immediately thought of a saying that is common among my church. More than once I have heard, "You can love a person to Hell." It means that we are called to love everyone, but you have to be careful not to be TOO careful or else you are just hurting them. Tough love is needed sometimes. Correction is needed.
The second verse that hit me was verse nineteen: "The truthful lips shall be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment." That is the way it should be, but think of how is on Earth. If someone is truthful, they are considered so until the moment the lie, and then on out, they are always considered a "liar." Our world has a tendency to hold grudges like that.
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