Shownotes
Why would the sages need to warn a pious man not to, "Swallow his friend alive"?!
And why would their advice be but to, "Pray for the integrity of the government," in order to stop himself from "swallowing his friend alive"?!
Pious men need to make sure that their piety do not lead them to feel superior than others, with the need to have the other swallowed within their pious protection...