Proverbs 27:13-22 Readings.
Guidelines on: stupidity-guarantor, nagging wife, learns from one another, take care of fig tree like loved ones (vs 18), face-water-see self in heart (vs 19), human desires, reputation, fools.
Proverbs 27:13,15-22
[13]Anyone stupid enough to promise to be responsible for a stranger’s debts deserves to have his own property held to guarantee payment.
[15]A nagging wife is like water going drip-drip-drip on a rainy day.
[16]How can you keep her quiet? Have you ever tried to stop the wind or ever tried to hold a handful of oil?
[17]People learn from one another, just as iron sharpens iron.
[18]Take care of a fig tree and you will have figs to eat. Servants who take care of their master will be honoured.
[19]It is your own face that you see reflected in the water and it is your own self that you see in your heart.
[20]Human desires are like the world of the dead — there is always room for more.
[21]Fire tests gold and silver; a person’s reputation can also be tested.
[22]Even if you beat fools until they’re half dead, you still can’t beat their foolishness out of them.