Choosing the Wiser Direction

Reflection

The verse begins, “And when the evil deed, after it has become known, brings sorrow to the fool, then….” In its chapter, this image points toward humility about what we know. The old translation speaks sharply of ‘the fool’; it is more useful to read this as a pattern any person can enter or leave. Because this is a historic English translation, test the teaching in experience rather than treating its wording as a demand for belief.