S3E03 - A Proverb on COMPARISON - "Bí a bá fi inú wénú, iwọ là ńjẹ"

Omoluabi Podcast

PROVERB CONSIDERED: “Bí a bá fi inú wénú, iwọ là ńjẹ.”

INTERPRETATION: "If we compare notes with others, we wind up eating bile."

MEANING & BIBLICAL APPLICATION: If you've ever had to kill a chicken before, you will probably be familiar with the fact that you have to carefully remove the gall bladder and dispose of it. Why? The liquid inside that green sack is extremely bitter! So this proverb is a warning that when we compare our fortunes with others', we are literally inviting bitterness into our lives.

Apostle Paul alludes to this principle in one of his letters to the Corinthians, viz: "When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise."

Scripture Cited include:

✥ 2 Corinthians 10:12 TPT says "Of course, we wouldn’t dare to put ourselves in the same class or compare ourselves with those who rate themselves so highly. They compare themselves to one another and make up their own standards to measure themselves by, and then they judge themselves by their own standards. What self-delusion!"

✥ Proverbs 26:4-5 KJV says "Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit."

✥ Proverbs 11:14 NKJV says "Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety."

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