Proverbs

[Bouncing Bill]

When you befriend a chief remember that he sits on a rope.

 Ugandan proverb

[SureWord]

6 hours ago, Bouncing Bill said:

When you befriend a chief remember that he sits on a rope.

 Ugandan proverb

I have to admit that one flies above my head.

Good medicine is bitter to the mouth. - Japanese proverb

[Bouncing Bill]

16 hours ago, SureWord said:

I have to admit that one flies above my head.

Good medicine is bitter to the mouth. - Japanese proverb

On the African proverb. I take it to mean the Chief has power over you and your life. With a rope, he can tie you up or, at worst, hang you. He, the Chief, has the power you do not have.

[Bouncing Bill]

We can't change the direction of the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

Indian proverb 

[SureWord]

"He who goes out to set the world on fire soon returns home for more matches"

I forget who said that one but it always stuck with me.

"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking 'til you do succeed. - Curly Howard of The Three Stooges

[1Timothy115]

"Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death." [Proverbs 11:4]

[SureWord]

2 hours ago, 1Timothy115 said:

"Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death." [Proverbs 11:4]

Interesting verse because normally in times of major crisis usually the more money you have the better chances you have coming out unscathed. So, obviously this "day of wrath" is referring to divine judgement straight from God as in the Great Tribulation or the Great White Throne Judgement. 

Edited February 22, 2021 by SureWord

[1Timothy115]

2 hours ago, SureWord said:

Interesting verse because normally in times of major crisis usually the more money you have the better chances you have coming out unscathed. So, obviously this "day of wrath" is referring to divine judgement straight from God as in the Great Tribulation or the Great White Throne Judgement. 

Kind of goes hand in hand with this next one... "You can't take it with you." 

[Bouncing Bill]

A spoken word is not a sparrow. Once it flies out, you can't catch it.

Russian Proverb

[1Timothy115]

"He that lieth down with dogs shall rise up with fleas"  Benjamin Franklin

[SureWord]

"For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged." - Proverbs 28:2

[Bouncing Bill]

^{James 1:19}

 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath

[1Timothy115]

Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. [Proverbs 6:14]

 

[Bouncing Bill]

He who plants a garden, plants happiness.

Chinese proverb

[SureWord]

"Never use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead."