Do Not Throw Your Pearls Before Pigs…. Poem by Sylvia Frances Chan

Do not throw your pearls before pigs

Whoever corrects a scoffer
gets himself abuse,

and he who reproves a wicked man
incurs injury.

Do not reprove a scoffer,
or he will hate you

reprove a wise man,
and he will love you.

Give instruction to a wise man,
and he will be still wise

teach a righteous man,
and he will increase in learning

My Father oft says:
My son, be attentive to my wisdom.

Hear, Oh sons, a father's instruction,
and be attentive, that you may gain insight.

Listening to wisdom and instruction
is always a good idea.

But sharing wisdom, reproving, and giving instruction
are not always a good idea.

We should not "throw our pearls before pigs".

Some people are not at all interested
in what others have to say,
and certainly are not ready
to be told what to do.

Then it's no use going on about it.
It could even make things worse.


© Sylvia Frances Chan - All Rights Reserved
Friday 14 August 2020
at 08.02 hrs. A.M.