Author Topic: Proverbs (Read 18492 times)

Dos Equis · « **on:** March 21, 2009, 04:03:55 PM »

Just wanted to post some words of wisdom from the wisest man who ever lived.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6

Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine.
Proverbs 3:9-10

Regarding the last one, if you've never tithed, I'd encourage you to give a try. Much better investment than the market.

It works.

More to follow . . . .

fitt@40 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 22, 2009, 10:08:28 AM »

Quote from: Beach Bum on March 21, 2009, 04:03:55 PM

Just wanted to post some words of wisdom from the wisest man who ever lived.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6

Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine.
Proverbs 3:9-10

Regarding the last one, if you've never tithed, I'd encourage you to give a try. Much better investment than the market. It works.

More to follow . . . .

I fall back on Proverbs 3:5-6 quite often. Keep them coming brother!

OzmO · « **Reply #2 on:** March 22, 2009, 05:03:05 PM »

Make some cash and don't ask questions. I like it.

loco · « **Reply #3 on:** March 23, 2009, 07:32:08 AM »

Quote from: Beach Bum on March 21, 2009, 04:03:55 PM

Regarding the last one, if you've never tithed, I'd encourage you to give a try. Much better investment than the market. It works.

I'll testify to that.

Butterbean · « **Reply #4 on:** March 24, 2009, 06:27:27 AM »

OK I'll beat you all to this one

Proverbs 21:9

Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Deicide · « **Reply #5 on:** March 24, 2009, 07:44:42 AM »

I like this one because you get to beat the crap out of your kid as long as he doesn't die. That is awesome!

"Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell." (Proverbs 23:13-14)

loco · « **Reply #6 on:** March 24, 2009, 08:01:51 AM »

Quote from: Deicide on March 24, 2009, 07:44:42 AM

I like this one because you get to beat the crap out of your kid as long as he doesn't die. That is awesome!

"Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell." (Proverbs 23:13-14)

Giving your son a whipping won't kill him, while spoiling him and let him run wild will kill him. How is that bad parental advice, and how do you get beating the crap out of him from this verse?

Deicide · « **Reply #7 on:** March 24, 2009, 08:13:32 AM »

Quote from: loco on March 24, 2009, 08:01:51 AM

Giving your son a whipping won't kill him, while spoiling him and let him run wild will kill him. How is that bad parental advice, and how do you get beating the crap out of him from this verse?

It says he won't die and and it says use a a rod; so without stretching the interpretation I imagine you can use a hard oak rod and beat him bloody just short of death. There is nothing implying anything to the contrary.

Face it loco, the Bible is full of silly, brutish things.

OzmO · « **Reply #8 on:** March 24, 2009, 08:20:46 AM »

Quote from: loco on March 24, 2009, 08:01:51 AM

Giving your son a whipping won't kill him, while spoiling him and let him run wild will kill him. How is that bad parental advice, and how do you get beating the crap out of him from this verse?

Interesting coming from some one who doesn't have children.

Beating your child with a rod? A person that does that is a idiot and should be put in jail.

OzmO · « **Reply #9 on:** March 24, 2009, 08:23:52 AM »

Quote from: Deicide on March 24, 2009, 08:13:32 AM

It says he won't die and and it says use a a rod; so without stretching the interpretation I imagine you can use a hard oak rod and beat him bloody just short of death. There is nothing implying anything to the contrary.

Face it loco, the Bible is full of silly, brutish things.

Beating a child at all with a rod is barbaric and abusive.

What a pathetic "God inspired verse"

OzmO · « **Reply #10 on:** March 24, 2009, 09:19:52 AM »

Quote from: Deicide on March 24, 2009, 07:44:42 AM

I like this one because you get to beat the crap out of your kid as long as he doesn't die. That is awesome!

"Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell." (Proverbs 23:13-14)

Just to be fair, It could read: "Withhold not discipline from a child: for if thou discipline , he shall not die. Thou shalt discipline him and deliver his soul from hell."

Deicide · « **Reply #11 on:** March 24, 2009, 09:22:17 AM »

Quote from: OzmO on March 24, 2009, 09:19:52 AM

Just to be fair, It could read: "Withhold not discipline from a child: for if thou discipline , he shall not die. Thou shalt discipline him and deliver his soul from hell."

Na man, you need a rod, just read it. It says beat him with a rod. You gonna defy god?

loco · « **Reply #12 on:** March 24, 2009, 09:24:18 AM »

Quote from: OzmO on March 24, 2009, 08:20:46 AM

Interesting coming from some one who doesn't have children.

Beating your child with a rod? A person that does that is a idiot and should be put in jail.

No, I'm not a parent, but I was a child, and my parents did not beat me, but did whipped me with a belt, or with a wooden spoon, or slapped my mouth if I disrespected them. That's not beating. It never left a mark or caused any damage to me, but it did put me in line. I thank them for that, and always will.

My brothers and I all turned out to be law abiding citizen.

loco · « **Reply #13 on:** March 24, 2009, 09:26:02 AM »

Quote from: OzmO on March 24, 2009, 08:23:52 AM

Beating a child at all with a rod is barbaric and abusive.

I agree!

Deicide · « **Reply #14 on:** March 24, 2009, 09:28:02 AM »

Quote from: loco on March 24, 2009, 09:24:18 AM

No, I'm not a parent, but I was a child, and my parents did not beat me, but did whipped with a belt, or with a wooden spoon, or slapped my mouth if I disrespected them. That's not beating. It never left a mark, but it did put me in line. I thank them for that, and always will.

My brothers and I all turned out to be law abiding citizen.

Sounds like fun.

Dos Equis · « **Reply #15 on:** March 24, 2009, 11:27:49 AM »

Quote from: STella on March 24, 2009, 06:27:27 AM

OK I'll beat you all to this one

Proverbs 21:9

Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Oh thanks. lol . . . . There are actually about three or four more.

Butterbean · « **Reply #16 on:** March 24, 2009, 11:38:46 AM »

Quote from: Beach Bum on March 24, 2009, 11:27:49 AM

Oh thanks. lol . . . . There are actually about three or four more.

I know!

And they're all true!

Dos Equis · « **Reply #17 on:** March 24, 2009, 11:42:48 AM »

Quote from: STella on March 24, 2009, 11:38:46 AM

I know!

And they're all true!

I'll post them.

I'm going to post most of my favorite verses from Proverbs.

Butterbean · « **Reply #18 on:** March 24, 2009, 11:46:22 AM »

Quote from: Beach Bum on March 24, 2009, 11:42:48 AM

I'll post them. I'm going to post most of my favorite verses from Proverbs.

I will too

Dos Equis · « **Reply #19 on:** March 24, 2009, 11:47:18 AM »

Quote from: STella on March 24, 2009, 11:46:22 AM

I will too

Cool.

Butterbean · « **Reply #20 on:** March 24, 2009, 11:57:55 AM »

Proverbs 26:12
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 27:1
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Proverbs 28:27 He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses.

more later

MB_722 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 24, 2009, 12:11:44 PM »

Proverbs 6

4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

I like this one

Dos Equis · « **Reply #22 on:** March 27, 2009, 11:49:09 PM »

Quote from: OzmO on March 24, 2009, 08:20:46 AM

Interesting coming from some one who doesn't have children.

Beating your child with a rod? A person that does that is a idiot and should be put in jail.

Spoken like someone who has never lived in the south and been beaten with a switch (stick).

Dos Equis · « **Reply #23 on:** March 27, 2009, 11:50:56 PM »

Quote from: MB_722 on March 24, 2009, 12:11:44 PM

Proverbs 6

4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

I like this one

Me too.

Dos Equis · « **Reply #24 on:** March 27, 2009, 11:55:38 PM »

These six things the Lord hates,
Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
A proud look,
A lying tongue,
Hands that shed innocent blood,
A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that are swift in running to evil,
A false witness who speaks lies,
And one who sows discord among brethren.

Proverbs 6:16-19