Proverbs 28:3 (HCSB): A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
As farmers look to rolling rain clouds with hope for life giving, crop-growing rain, people look to their leaders to provide life-giving leadership. But a lousy leader, like a storm that destroys property, only bring despair upon those they rule over.
Learn to share. The “boss hog” might end up the fattest pig, but we all know what happens; they end up slaughtered.
Proverbs 25:16 (HCSB): If you find honey, eat only what you need; otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.
Sometimes, in trying to be a positive influence, you can be positively hurtful.
"Singing songs to a troubled heart is like taking off clothing on a cold day or like pouring vinegar on soda." The Holy Bible: Holman Christian Standard Version. (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 2009), Pr 25:20.
It’s hard to win a game of life if you take your ball and go home!
Proverbs 18:1 (HCSB): One who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
For a person of integrity, the “Git Up” never ends!
Proverbs 24:15–16 (HCSB): Wicked man, don’t set an ambush, at the camp of the righteous man; don’t destroy his dwelling. Though a righteous man falls seven times, he will get up, but the wicked will stumble into ruin.
When I was younger, we played a card game called “Dirty on Your Neighbor.” You won by cheating your neighbor, stacking the deck, and lying about what cards you played. That was a game, but when it comes to real life, don’t cheat your neighbor or take advantage of the defenseless, or you’ll end up losing.
Proverbs 23:10–11 (HCSB): Don’t move an ancient boundary marker, and don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless, for their Redeemer is strong, and He will take up their case against you.
In life’a rat race, it’s important to stay in your employer’s good grace!
Proverbs 19:12 (HCSB): “A king’s rage is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.”
