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1 Samuel 14:49-51 details Saul’s immediate kin, highlighting how family ties and lineage form a foundational aspect of Israel’s first monarchy.

Even pounding cannot remove folly from a fool who has fully embraced it.

Praise tests a man the way the crucible tests silver and the furnace gold.

Sheol, Abaddon, and the eye of man are three things that never reach sufficient.

As water reflects a face, the heart reveals the man.

Tending a fig tree yields fruit, and faithful service to a master yields honor.

As iron sharpens iron, friend sharpens friend through honest engagement.

Loud blessings shouted at sunrise are reckoned as curses by the friend trying to sleep.

Take collateral from the man who guarantees a stranger or entangles himself with an adulteress.

The prudent see evil approaching and hide themselves, while the naive walk into trouble.

A wise son brings gladness to his father and provides an answer to those who would reproach him

Keep your old friends, and recognize that a near neighbor often serves better in trouble than a distant brother.

A friend's counsel is sweet to the heart the way oil and perfume gladden the senses.

A man wandering from his home is exposed like a bird that has left her nest.

A full man loathes honey, but a hungry man finds even bitter food sweet.

A friend's wounds are faithful, while an enemy's kisses deceive.

Open rebuke from a friend serves love better than affection that stays hidden.

Wrath and anger are devastating, but jealousy is more dangerous still.

2 Kings 17:1-5 records how Hoshea becomes Israel’s last king, but his reign continues the nation’s pattern of evil before the LORD. Assyria tightens its grip on Israel as Hoshea rebels against the Assyrian king, leading to Samaria’s siege and the beginning of Israel’s downfall.

Stones and sand are heavy, but the provocation of a fool is heavier than both.