Proverbs 23:11 · World English Bible
Proverbs 23:11 Meaning For Their Defender Is Strong
for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
What does Proverbs 23:11 mean?
What seems defenseless in the world is never without an advocate, for love itself takes up the cause of the innocent and speaks for them within the very mind that thought to wrong them. The strength of that advocate is not the ego's kind of power but the quiet certainty of truth, which cannot be argued down.
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What seems defenseless in the world is never without an advocate, for love itself takes up the cause of the innocent and speaks for them within the very mind that thought to wrong them. The strength of that advocate is not the ego's kind of power but the quiet certainty of truth, which cannot be argued down.
This is why attack can never finally succeed. A mind that moves against the innocent finds love already pleading their case in its own depths, calling it back before real harm is done. The defense of the blameless and the correction of the one who would harm them are one gentle act.
Redeemer: the strength of love that advocates for the innocent, the changeless truth that pleads their cause within the mind and cannot be overcome
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Live Proverbs 23:11 today
- When you are about to send the message that puts someone in their place, sit with how it will land for one minute. Usually that is enough.
- If you are in a group chat where one person is getting piled on, say something simple in their favor. One voice changes the room.
- In a negotiation today where you clearly hold the stronger hand, leave the other side something. You will sleep better than you would have won.
Who has no one speaking for them in a situation you are part of right now?
The same truth in other traditions
Taoism · Tao Te Ching 73
Heaven's net is wide, and nothing slips through it. No one needs to hurry to settle the score.
Judaism · Pirkei Avot
Know before whom you stand, and that what you do is seen and written down. The one with no defender is not therefore unguarded.
Stoicism · Marcus Aurelius
The one who does wrong does it to himself first. He has already taken the worse part.
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