Bite the Hand That Feeds You
It makes no sense to bite the hand that feeds you. Some animals who eat out of a person’s hand do. So do many people.
To bite the hand that feeds you means to hurt someone who helps you.
Rather than thank a kind person, you act cruel or rude.
Examples include:
- Children who mistreat parents who provide for them.
- Students who make fun of the person who helps them with homework.
- Employees who gossip about their boss.
- People who borrow money but never repay it or act ungrateful for it.
Eventually people pay for how they act.
Many receive a taste of their own medicine. Ungrateful children often have children who treat them the same way. They learn from what they see.
Results of biting the hand that feeds you may not be immediate. Usually, however, what goes around comes around.
Why not lend a helping hand?
Instead of hurting others, help them, no strings attached. Help those who help you, but don’t stop there.
- Aid others in need.
- Show kindness to everyone.
- Learn to love the unlovable. (Remember, we are all unlovable at times.)
“You make me glad by your deeds, Lord; I sing for joy at what your hands have done” (Psalm 92:4 NIV).
Thanks to Brad Leverett for the suggestion and to Jeri Stone for the photo.
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