Buy the Truth, and Do Not Sell It

answered by Proverbs 23:23

기원전 편찬(히브리 지혜서)

🎬 TODAY'S FILM — IT ASKS THIS

The Insider (1999)

dir. Michael Mann · USA

Have you ever stood where you know the truth but speaking it costs everything? Silence keeps you safe; opening your mouth imperils family, livelihood, and name. However great the price, is the duty to tell the truth still yours to bear?

THE QUESTION THE FILM ASKS

In exchange for safety and convenience, am I quietly selling the truth I know?

THE CLASSIC'S ANSWER · ORIGINAL

אֱמֶת קְנֵה וְאַל־תִּמְכֹּר

📜 THE CLASSIC'S ANSWER

Buy the truth, and do not sell it.

💡 TL;DR

This proverb says to buy the truth at a price yet sell it back at no price.

📝The Classic Answers

This proverb says to buy the truth at a price yet sell it back at no price. To know the truth is already to carry a heavy load, and speaking it always exacts a cost. Silence spares that cost, but at the price of trading the truth away cheaply. The higher the price, the more precious the truth. When I set safety and truth on the scale, I choose not to sell back cheaply the truth I once bought.

— ONGO · Curator

🌱Apply It Today

If a truth is one you'd pass over because silence is easier, write down at what price that silence sells it back.

📖 Classic Source: Proverbs 23:23. Ancient text in the public domain; rendered and interpreted independently by ONGO.
The film is honored as an equal questioner; its plot is rendered only as a universal dilemma. The classic source is an ancient text (Public Domain), and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.