A ragbag of advice today, perhaps summed up by these words from verse 17: “Be very humble, because the decay of death awaits us all.”
The fault that seems to be under attack in these aphorisms is that of arrogantly thinking that you are captain of your own destiny. God will intervene and leave you powerless. He raises people up, and he casts people low. It’s not your own doing.
This is one of the prevailing themes of Wisdom literature: don’t forget God.
But of course, we all do.
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