Table of Contents
- 1 What does the Bible say about criticizing?
- 2 Is calling someone a liar disrespectful?
- 3 What does the Bible say about hurting someone’s feelings?
- 4 What did Jesus critics say about him?
- 5 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers meaning?
- 6 Who is the man who has the courage of his platitudes?
- 7 Are there any proverbs that are always platitudes?
- 8 How often do you hear the word platitude?
What does the Bible say about criticizing?
Make constructive criticism part of the culture. The bible tells us in Proverbs 15:31-33, “If you listen to constructive criticism, you will be at home among the wise. If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself; but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding.
Is calling someone a liar disrespectful?
With liar, the word is no more offensive or derogatory than its meaning. However, to say that someone is a liar is a real slur on their character: this is the sense in which liar is offensive. Agreed. It’s not so much offensive as an insult/accusation on their character.
What the Bible says about how a man should treat a woman?
1 Peter 3:7: “In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life. Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be hindered.”
What does the Bible say about hurting someone’s feelings?
“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another. …” (Eph. 4:31–32.)
What did Jesus critics say about him?
Jesus’ family and contemporaries regarded him as delusional, possessed by demons, or insane. And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for people were saying, “He is beside himself”.
What does the Bible say about working with unbelievers?
“Do not be bound together with unbelievers,” says Paul in 2 Corinthians 6:14, “for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?” Believers can and should relate to unbelievers’ situations, but we must never emulate their lifestyles of separation from God.
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers meaning?
When oxen are unequally yoked, they cannot perform the task set before them. Instead of working together, they are at odds with one another. Do not be yoked together with unbelievers.
Who is the man who has the courage of his platitudes?
The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. Many will call me an adventurer – and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.
Do you need more than the old platitudes?
It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals we must first improve our knowledge. To avoid becoming chronically unemployed, people need more than platitudes offering sympathy. Career reinvention requires encouragement and guidance.
Are there any proverbs that are always platitudes?
Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. Forget the empty platitudes; your star employee is not a ‘godsend.’ They are a person deserving of your not infrequent acknowledgment and worthy of appreciation and respect.
How often do you hear the word platitude?
Basically, it’s an expression rendered dull and meaningless through overuse. Much like a cliché, a platitude is super commonplace. You probably hear at least one every day, and you’re probably guilty of uttering some nearly every day too. It’s tough to avoid them, really!