Hey Bible Readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap. This will be our next to last day in Proverbs overall, so soak up the wisdom while you can.

Proverbs 27 opens with a pair of reminders not to be presumptuous.

Versus 1 through 2, say, a pair of reminders not to be presumptuous.

Versus one through two, say,

Do not boast about tomorrow,

for you do not know what a day may bring.

Let another praise you and not your own mouth.

Solomon advises us not to presume about tomorrow

and not to presume about our importance in the world either.

Verse 6 digs into our relationships.

It says,

Faithful are the wounds of a friend.

When someone really loves you and they have to deliver a measured, intentional rebuke,

the aim is to serve you well.

It's like a parent lovingly disciplining their child. This reminds

me of when Nathan the Prophet approached King David and confronted him with his actions

toward Bathsheba and Uriah, those kinds of faithful wounds can be trusted. Who have I invited to

righteously wound me?

verse nine says, the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel,

and verse 17 says, iron sharpens iron.

Who has that space in my life to sharpen me to give me counsel? A good friend will

do that but an enemy won't hesitate to lie and manipulate in

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