A fool's provocation is a heavy burden. If we are sensible and someone makes a reasonable objection to something we do, then we can either make a reasonable response countering the argument, or accept the objection and make some adjustment to our actions. But when idiotic objections are raised this just cause trouble, especially in our own time when our legal system seems to have no conception of common sense.
A key feature of a wise man is the ability to accept just criticism.
Verse 10 highlights the value of friendship. We need to hold the importance of family and friends in the right balance.
Blessings given in the wrong context or time are just like a curse.
Good friends will sharpen each other. The ability to accept disagreement and to thrive on it is a key to a strong relationship. When we are obsessed with being right all the time, then that is a sign of immaturity.
Death always wants more, just as do our eyes. We need to recognise this fact. When we have made a choice, whether it be a wife, a job, some material object, then there will always be the temptation than some other choice might have been better. We need to live with the decision we have made and make that work. In that path lies contentment.
We need to make proper provision.
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