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Marketplace Proverbs & Coffee With Ernie
We have only 26 letters, yet they can inspire someone to reach new heights or discourage them from trying.
Consider: SAD and JOY each have three letters; FALL and RISE, four; CURSE and BLESS, five; IGNORE and LISTEN, six; ENEMIES and FRIENDS, seven; IMMATURE and MATURITY, eight; IGNORANCE and KNOWLEDGE, nine; NEGATIVITY and POSITIVITY, ten.
Same alphabet, same number of letters, different messages. The alphabet doesn’t choose—we do. Solomon takes this lesson further. Proverbs 26:22 describes gossip as tasty trifles.
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