Most of us have heard of one-liners--those snappy comments that are funny or insightful (and sometimes both!). Today's passage had a lot of interesting two-liners, mostly about wisdom and foolishness. Here are a few that stood out most to me:
The more talk, the less truth;
the wise measure their words.
When the storm is over, there's nothing left of the wicked;
good people, firm on their rock foundation, aren't even fazed.
The stuck-up fall flat on their faces,
but down-to-earth people stand firm.
When you're kind to others, you help yourself;
when you're cruel to others, you hurt yourself.
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout
is a beautiful face on an empty head.
A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump;
a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree.
Fools are headstrong and do what they like;
wise people take advice.
Worry weighs us down;
a cheerful word picks us up.
Tomorrow: Proverbs 13-15
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