Front Porching It

 16 A fool shows his annoyance at once, 
       but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

 18 Reckless words pierce like a sword, 
       but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

I really like how Solomon, the KING is encouraging people to listen to advice from wiser people. And if you read the whole Proverb he talks about how you have to be careful of who you listen to and take advice from, because some people have motives to their advice. So basically Solomon is saying, 

“Listen to advice from credible sources, and always test the advice through prayer, but always listen with a humble heart” 

at least that’s what I think he is saying. 

Verse 16 is awesome i think. I am constantly getting annoyed with people. But God has taught Solomon that if we can get over annoyance and insults we will be better off. If we can let those type of things slide off our back, we will be better off. 

Also, I love verse 18 because it comes across so true. It’s just really clear to me, because I know I have been in situations when I didn’t think about what I was going to say before I said it, and the situation turned out terrible. But, if I sit back and wait, and think about what I was going to say, and think if it would be helpful or not, my words usually come across in a less harmful way.