In a sense Solomon is saying that it is possible to know too much about a person and to have that knowledge cloud the wise choice. This happ

All of us are tempted, when we are in a disagreement with someone, to want to explain our side to other people. We can choose people who wil

This is the key word in this phrase as well as Jesus' statement: “Love your enemies.” Because of the word enemies, we often do not reali

The idea here clearly seems to be that the penetration of one's lessons will go much deeper into a person if the lessons are conveyed wi

Our human emotions, values and beliefs are very often notin alignment with Truth. Our senses are constantly on the intake, sending messages

There is a natural tendency to trust them because they seem so sincere and can tell you how much they plan on carrying through with this pla

Don't allow yourself to get all worked up about what they are doing. Now this does not mean that one should let it go as if it were not

How many people have been devastatingly hurt by trusting someone with personal information only to have that person break a confidence and t

At some time or another, angry people will bear the penalty of their anger.

When a close friend or relative is sinning, it is hard to convince them that they need to change.

Christians are especially bad at violating this proverb. We know that we have the answers to other people’s problems in the Scriptures, and

This second limiting proverb is about overstaying your welcome at another person's house. Everyone has habits and idiosyncrasies about o

Solomon is trying to get us to remember that when we are hearing one side of a story, there is another side. The first person is not meaning