I should treat others how I want to be treated because in the Bible in Proverbs 3:1-2 it says, "My child, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in mind. Then you will live a long time, and your life will be successful". Also Proverbs 3: 3-4 it says, "Don't ever forget kindness and truth wear them like a necklace. write then on your heart as if on a tablet. Then you will please both God and people".I think the first two verses deal with treating others how I wanted to be treated is because in God's commands it says, "love thy neighbor and do not envy", so I think treating you neighbors how you want to be treated is showing love and showing you don't hate and it brings you closer to living a long life. The second verses is because it shows you have respect for your self as well as other people.
So if you want people to respect you, you should show respect to them and be true about it, like you really mean it. God hates those who do wrong and so by treating those how you want to be treated is good, but not treating them right is so wrong not right. Just because people treat you wrong don't mean you treat them the same way because in the Bible God says, "the wise person is rewarded by wisdom, but whoever makes fun of wisdom will suffer for it", so I can be the good person and that can look forward to happiness or be the wrong(evil) person that will expect nothing.
I can and will be that person that cares about how others feel and also how I would feel if somebody did something to me or be that person that don't care and do it anyways. I want to be the person that looks forward to happiness and how others might feel and also how i would feel. Proverbs 11:9 I found that it says "with words an evil person can destroy a neighbor, but a good person will escape by being smart". Again I'm speaking I'm not an evil person i am a good person will escape and be that smart person by not being evil and hurting my neighbors, but building them up and making them happy.
In Proverbs 15:28 It says " Good people think before they answer, but the wicked simply pour out evil. What that means to me is if I am about to do something it mean and its something that God doesn't desire. I need to stop and think would I want somebody to do that to me or treat me like that..;if NO then i shouldn't being doing it because it's evil not doing good and i want to be the one that is planting the good and helpful seeds not the evil seeds and non-helpful seeds. I want to be the one that if someone does something to me I stop and think two wrongs do not make a right or what would Jesus do, or would I want someone to do that to me, or just because they hit me in the left cheek doesn't mean I give them a right.
That's what I need to start thinking before I say something. I should be slow to speak not fast to speak because when your fast to speak then you usually say the wrong thing and it gets you in trouble. In Proverbs 16:24 it says " Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, making people happy and healthy. God says he want faithful love more than i want animal sacrifices, I want people to know me, more than I want burnt offerings" I want to be remembered as that good person not evil, the one that treated people with kindness love. Not the one that doesnt care about any thing and just live how i want.
Proverbs 4:20 it says " my child, pay attention to my words; keep them always in mind. they are the key to life for those who find them,they bring health to the whole body; be careful what you think because you thoughts run your life. dont use your mouth to tell lies; don't ever say things that are not true. Keep your eyes focused on what is right, and look straight ahead to what is good. Be careful what you do, and always do what is right.
