What your eyes have seen
Do not hastily bring into court,
For what will you do in the end,
When your neighbor puts you to shame?
Argue your case with your neighbor himself,
And do not reveal another’s secret,
Lest he who hears you bring shame upon you,
And your ill repute have no end.
Do you have something on someone? Did you discover his dirty secret? Do you have a good case against someone? Well, be careful how you carry that business around!
First lesson here: The wisdom of God is to mainly be slow. Caution is usually smart. Consider this, maybe you’ve misunderstood? Maybe your one side of the story has placed you on a false trail and brought you to a wrong conclusion?
Our proverb says, what will happen when your bring your uninformed accusation to court, and your shown up as reckless and spiteful. So quickly the tables can turn!
The other skill in having dirt on someone is holding confidentiality. As an application, let’s bring up a common dilemma of parents: what to do with the tattletale? Brother A (normally the stodgy older brother) comes with all moral earnestness engaged to his parents. Brother B, it seems, told him that he took extra cookies when mom wasn’t looking.
Hear the wisdom of God. Brother A must not lose energy in telling his parents about Brother B. Instead, he should use his moral earnestness to urge his brother to an honest position. But generally speaking, his first responsibility is not to divulge all to his parents, but to retain the confidence of his brother.
Would Paul have been on Facebook? These are not only Paul’s friends, but even more it seems that he has an interesting history with many of them. Paul lived!
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