“If the ax is dull, and one does not sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but wisdom brings success.” I’ve encountered similar problems in the past. The less prepared something is for its work, the harder it is to accomplish its work. A dull ax requires more physical energy to cut through more »

I’m not sure exactly what point these verses are trying to communicate, but it seems like it is stressing the importance of wisdom and caution in everything we do. If I’m not careful, I may fall into the next hole I dig, or I may be bit by a serpent the next time I break more »

Hahaha…this passage kinda makes me laugh. At first sight, it looks like Solomon is complaining: “There is an evil I have seen under the sun…Folly is set in great dignity, while the rich sit in a lowly place. I have seen servants on horses, While princes walk on the ground like servants.” Solomon, one of more »

“If the spirit of the ruler rises against you, Do not leave your post; For conciliation pacifies great offenses.” Retaliation. Revenge. Rejection. Those are a few things we might feel to a certain level whenever someone else is significantly unhappy with us. This passage uses the example of a ruler expressing dissatisfaction with a subordinate, more »

Where is my heart? Ecclesiastes 10:2 says, “A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.” During Bible times, the left hand was seen as bad. Right-handed people were good, and left-handed people had a severe problem. Of course, we know that there is nothing inherently about the more »

One verse, but a compelling one indeed: “Dead flies putrefy