Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Today we dug back into the wisdom of Solomon and as usual he covers a lot of ground

so I'm just going to touch on a few things that stood out to me or that have the

potential to be confusing.

Chapter 25 encourages us not to be presumptuous in relationships with others,

and it covers a variety of relationships.

First, we shouldn't elevate our level of importance with others.

Wisdom helps us stay low.

And in the same way that wisdom doesn't esteem itself,

wisdom also doesn't degrade others or their motives

when it doesn't know the whole story.

That requires humility too, and patience.

Versus 9 through 10, encourage us in wise behavior

whom we have a problem with someone else.

The passage reminds us that we should talk about our problems

with the person we have the problem with, not everyone else. That requires humility and

patience too. And verse 15 tells us what great power the humble patient tongue can wield.

It says, with patience a ruler may be persuaded and a soft tongue will break a bone.

Patience in humility have a more powerful impact than being forceful and

arrogant. Much of the rest of the proverb offers wisdom on self-control and how that ties

into humility. It urges self-control in everything from how much we eat in

verse 16 to how often we visit our neighbor in verse 17. The general theme is that

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