Faithful Wounds and Deceitful Kisses

"Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful." Proverbs 27:6 Although all Scripture is God-breathed and "profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness," we always look for particular little nuggets of practical wisdom that find immediate application to our lives, passages with which we can readily identify in our daily living. We find an abundance of such Scripture in the poetical books of the Bible, and the book of...