Post by Radrook Admin on Apr 17, 2020 8:59:49 GMT -5
Only Fools interfere in arguments unrelated to them.
Proverbs 26:17 Interfering in someone else’s argument is as foolish as yanking a dog’s ears.
This biblical scripture is provided for a very good reason. To protect us from the consequences of unnecessarily meddling in any heated argument that has absolutely NOTHING to do with us.
What happens when we yank a dog's ear is that the chances that we will get bitten increase dramatically. How much damage we receive depends on the size of the dog whose ears we needlessly yank. If it is a chihuahua, it might not amount to much, maybe just a few stitches or a mangled finger. But if it is a pit bull, then we might very well wind up horribly disfigured in ER or with a big tag around our big toe in the morgue.
Our jumping in and taking sides in any argument that has nothing to do with us only serves to anger one of the person'involved. Especially if your taking sides involves we hurling threats and insults. Then the risk or we getting physically damaged or getting killed increases significantly because the person't anger might be turned against us.
After all, the person might feel physically endangered by our threatening approach and take preemptive action to protect himself such as shooting us in the chest, slicing our throat, smashing some weapon into our skull or maybe even having acid hurled in our face by some maniac who carries it in case someone starts trouble with him. I met such a person once. In view of such unpredictable possibilities.
it is no wonder that the Bible describes people who enjoy being in the middle of quarrels that are not their own fools
. Proverbs 26:20-21 Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases. Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.
Proverbs 20:3 It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.
Proverbs 20:3 It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.