Reading for February 24th

Read Proverbs 29.1-13. In verse 1: Remains stubborn is literally, "stiffens the neck." There is a possible play on words: Stiffening one's neck risks having it broken. Suddenly suggests an extraordinary, perhaps divine, intervention. In verse 4: The saying uses the metaphor "high" and "low" for prosperity and decline in order to differeniate between good and bad governance. A just king gives stability, literally, "raises p the land." But a king who raises taxes, ruins, literally, brings down, a country. Comments or Questions..