proverb · Legacy record
If God gives you a cup of wine and an evil-minded person kicks it over, God fills it up for you again.
If God gives you a cup of wine and an evil-minded person kicks it over, God fills it up for you again.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
God refilling a wine cup overturned by a hostile person gives loss a hopeful image of restoration. The saying presents benevolence as exceeding another’s harmful act.
What the words are saying
A responsible reading treats this as faith or encouragement rather than a verified mechanism or guaranteed compensation. A loss may remain consequential and require practical support. The line does not establish a reward schedule, excuse the harmful act or prescribe drinking.
Everyday example
Someone offers support after a loss without promising it will be replaced or dismissing the harm.
When to use it
Use it as a restoration hope with real consequences acknowledged.
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What it does not mean
No guaranteed replacement, divine intervention or alcohol-use instruction is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
Ghana
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin.- Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 651; PDF page 58; collection label: Ghana
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.
- Culture
- Ghana