No harm befalls the righteous, But the wicked are filled with trouble. Proverbs 12:21 (NAS) Taken on face value as if it were prose, this verse voices a sentiment that Job's friends would have heartily "Amen-ed, " and which they would have used to further club him over the head as with a frozen meat chub. Job's three wretched comforters reasoned that misery, "harm," is always caused by sin. Then these men noted that "harm" had befallen Job. He was "filled with trouble." Conclusion, Job could not be "righteous" and his misery must have been caused by some personal sin. Or, again, those ignoring the genre might seize upon Proverbs 22:4 - "The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life." Armed with this verse, they might observe; "you aren't rich... so that means you are arrogant and godless." So we are learning that Proverbs both teaches wisdom and requires wisdom. f...