Proverbs12: If you love learning

 In Proverbs 12 we read:

1 If you love learning, you love the discipline that goes with it—

    how shortsighted to refuse correction!

As we are not perfect, a Christian life must be a life of learning which implies, a life that accepts correction.

    

11 The one who stays on the job has food on the table;

    the witless chase whims and fancies.

One key aspect of a Christian life is humility. The humble is greateful for his job which brings food on the table. The arrogant (witless) thinks that he deserves more in life and chase his fancies.

15 Fools are headstrong and do what they like;

    wise people take advice.

16 Fools have short fuses and explode all too quickly;

    the prudent quietly shrug off insults.

18 Rash language cuts and maims,

    but there is healing in the words of the wise.

    

The arrogant doesn't take advice and explode all too quickly imposing his opinions, breaking connections to other people. The humble not only listen to others but also, shrug off insults searching for healing relationships.

26 A good person survives misfortune,

    but a wicked life invites disaster.

The Lord called us to participate in his "Shalom". In a way, the good person constructs, while the wicked destroys.

    

27 A lazy life is an empty life,

    but “early to rise” gets the job done.

"ikigai" in Japanese means a purpose in life. This is what makes one "early to rise and gets the job done. A lazy person lacks some purpose in life and has an empty life.

    

28 Good men and women travel right into life;

    sin’s detours take you straight to hell.

This verse talks about the right way to life and how sin’s detours lead to death.