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Read Both Answer Proverbs Before Choosing Whether to Reply - working notes

One situation. Clear facts. An honest next step.

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Hypothetical example: An adult corrects a meeting time from the written notice without joining the exchange's personal jabs, then ends the argument.

01Do not hide one of the adjacent sayings

Read both Proverbs 26:4-5 and their surrounding setting.

02Hear the surrounding wisdom before labeling a person

Put each saying beside the danger it names.

03Describe the effect of the proposed answer

Assess what your proposed reply would actually do.

04Choose the response and its stopping point

Choose an appropriate response and a stopping point.

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