Proverbs 26:1 (KJV)
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

The lesson of the passage seems obvious. To elevate or in any way honor a person who is foolish is not only out of place but often dangerous, to themselves and others.

• To put a wicked man in an office of prominence might lead him to usurp unjust authority. 
• To praise a person who lacks humility will likely lead him to a puffed head. 

Etc.

There are many things that are wonderful in their place. Snow and rain are both necessary, refreshing and beautiful. But they are inconvenient or worse when they are out of place.

• Praise is a good thing
• Humor can be a good thing
• Compliments can be a good thing
• Rebuke can be a good thing
• Promotions can be a good thing
• Levity can be a good thing
• Seriousness can be a good thing 
• Laughter can be a good thing

Any of these is necessary and good and proper. Where would we be without them? But just like snow in summer or rain in harvest, put them in the wrong place and they are just, wrong.

To my readers:
First of all, thank you! It is a great joy to me to know you read the thoughts and lessons God has given me in His word. Secondly, I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to leave comments.

For this and more than 4300 earlier Daily Visits with God visit https://mckenzie-visit-with-god.blogspot.com. There you will find daily visits going back to 2006.

If you have been blessed by this blog, please subscribe to my feed and share it with others.

For more resources from Pastor Marvin McKenzie visit http://puyallupbaptistchurch.com.

My books are available at:
My author spotlight at Lulu.com:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/marvinmckenzie

My author Page for Kindle/Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/author/marvinmckenzie

Proverbs 26:1 (KJV) Out Of Place

Please consider helping our church’s teen department by signing up for cash back shopping at http://www.dubli.com/M04VB. This program has three levels of participation, the first being completely free.