Church Sign - 12/15/2008

Church: Bethesda Christian Fellowship (1015 Cedar Ln; Knoxville, TN 37912)

Sign: “He who throws dirt loses ground”

Commentary: This clever proverb has a literal and idiomatic meaning. Its idiomatic meaning involves two colloquialisms: “throwing dirt” and “losing ground”. It states the futility of slandering one’s opponent in winning an argument. The Bible also instructs its readers not to speak out of bitterness or anger.

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. (Ephesians 4:31, NASB)

See also Leviticus 19:17, I Timothy 3:11, James 4:11.