Proverbs 11:31 · World English Bible
Proverbs 11:31 Meaning Behold
Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
What does Proverbs 11:31 mean?
Every choice of teacher shows itself at once in what the mind then sees, for the mind meets in its world exactly the thought it carried there. A mind that has chosen love finds peace looking back at it, and a mind that has chosen fear finds threat, not because the world rewards and punishes but because perception returns what the looker brought.
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Every choice of teacher shows itself at once in what the mind then sees, for the mind meets in its world exactly the thought it carried there. A mind that has chosen love finds peace looking back at it, and a mind that has chosen fear finds threat, not because the world rewards and punishes but because perception returns what the looker brought.
This is not a court handing down sentences. What the world calls the wicked and the sinner are simply minds still teaching themselves fear, and they receive fear back the same way. The correction is to see that the recompense is never sent from outside, so a change of teacher changes everything the mind will find.
Earth: the mind's field of perception, the outer scene that reflects back whichever teacher the mind has chosen to look through
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Live Proverbs 11:31 today
- Before you unlock your phone in the morning, ask yourself which mood you are about to read the whole day through. You will find what you go looking for, so pick carefully.
- Next time you are sure someone's short reply means they are annoyed with you, try the kinder reading first. Most of the time they are just busy, and you will have saved yourself an afternoon.
- Stuck in traffic or a slow checkout line, catch the moment you start treating strangers as obstacles. They are all going somewhere too, and seeing that takes the edge off the wait.
What am I meeting out there today that I actually brought with me?
The same truth in other traditions
Buddhism · Dhammapada
Everything we are follows from what we have thought. Carry a harsh thought around and trouble follows you like a wheel behind the ox.
Stoicism · Epictetus
It is never the thing itself that upsets us, it is the view we take of it. Change the view and the thing changes shape.
Taoism · Zhuangzi
Standing on the bridge, Zhuangzi says the fish are happy. His friend asks how he could know, and the answer is that what you report about the world is always spoken from where you stand.
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