The first return is a trip into the fog. They do not know exactly what will greet them. They do not fully know the condition of the land. The journey of hundreds of miles will take them weeks to complete. Yet they go because they have a higher purpose in mind. They go to rebuild God’s holy temple and to reestablish the true worship of God in God’s chosen city of Jerusalem. They go also to replant the land given to their father Abraham.
Whereas most of Proverbs deals with a father speaking to his son, this chapter contains a mother’s wisdom that she gives to her son.
Answer a fool according to his folly, and answer not a fool according to his folly. Is this a contradiction in the Bible?
Authority for truth is the right to determine what the truth is.
Christians ought to be the best friends someone can have. This lesson shows the value of true friendship.
