Dec 7.97: Light For The Day - "Friend's Wounds & Enemy's Kisses"

"Faithful are the wounds of a friend.
But the kisses of an ennemy are deceiful." 
-- Proverbs 27:6 (NKJV)

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"Friend's Wounds & Enemy's Kisses"

Who would prefer a friend's wounds to an enemy's
kisses? Anyone who considers the source. A friend
who has your best interests at heart may have to
give you unpleasant advice at times, but you know
it is for your own good. An enemy, by contrast, may
whisper sweet words and happily send you on your
way to ruin. 

We tend to hear what we want to hear, even if an
enemy is the only one who will say it. A friend's
advice, no matter how painful, is much better. 

Source: Life Application Study Bible

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"Let a good man strike or rebuke me in kindness,
but let the oil of the wicked never anoint my head;
for my prayer is continually against their wicked
deeds" -- Psalm 141:5 (RSV) 

"Open rebuke is better
Than love carefully concealed." 
-- Proverb 27:5 (NKJV)

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We all need good friends,
. . . and we all need to be a good friend.

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Franklin P. Jones: 
"Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from
a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger." 

Unknown: 
"Life's truest happiness is found in good 
friendships we make along the way." 

Gore Vidal: 
"Whenever a friend succeeds a little something
in me dies." 

Chinese proverb: 
"A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true
friends meet, but half a sentence is too much
when there is no meeting of minds." 

Jean De La Bruyere: 
"Two persons cannot long be friends if they
cannot forgive each other's little failings." -

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