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Proverbs 11:2
2When pride comes, then comes shame, But with humility comes wisdom.
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Trusting in riches is spiritually unsatisfactory and necessarily evanescent.
This teaching rests upon nature's own law—that no creature exists in isolation, but all things experience mutual action and reaction within Elohim's creation.
In Solomon's day, famines were frequent and trade communications uncertain between nations.
Not merely those claiming natural sincerity—the apostle Paul himself believed himself righteous before conversion, yet his uprightness crumbled under God's holy light.
The desire of the righteous shall be granted (Proverbs 11:23), yet wisdom often demands restraint in speech. A prudent man concealeth knowledge in six distinct circumstances. First, when it is opportune to withhold. Our Lord Jesus said, "I have yet...
Man alone among creatures possesses articulate speech—the power to transmit thought from mind to mind.
Yet this truth becomes luminous when understood through the husbandman's labor—the farmer who scatters seed receives a multiplied harvest (2 Corinthians 9:6).
Yet some members deliberately fracture this sanctuary through ill-nature, impulsiveness, falsehood, and selfishness.
First, pride of station: the man in authority becomes "puffed up" with distinction, considering himself a being of higher order than his fellow sinners, looking with disdain upon those below him in society's scale.
Men surrender individual conviction and dissolve into the multitude's current, seeking power through collective action.
While diligent hunters prepare their catch the same evening, this sluggard lacks the will to strip the hide or kindle the fire.
Teaching on Simplicity from Basil the Great: Basil the Great: Homily to the Rich