Posted on 02/15/2005 3:22:01 PM PST by Bugs Bunny 23
Chapter One
The proverbs of solomon son of David, king of Israel:
for learning what wisdom and discipline are, for understanding words of deep meaning, for acquiring an enlighted attitude of mind --virtue, justice and fair-dealing; for teaching sound judgement to the ignorant, and knowledge and sense to the young; for perceiving the meanings of proverbs and obscure sayings, the sayings of the sages and their riddles. Let the wise listen and he will learn yet more, and the man of discernment will acquire the art of guidance.
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; fools spurn wisdom and discipline.
I appreciate looking to the Bible for wisdom, but I request that you use actual verses and references please. Paraphrasing is often off-base and misses the intended meaning. Example:
Psa 111:10
The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.
Thank You,
Ken
: )
You may be right, I don't know what version it is, but it does bear some resemblance, and if it is a cut and paste from a version, I hope Bugs Bunny gives us the reference, and I give my apology and confess, I did not recognize it at all.
Here is the traditional:
Pro 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
Pro 1:2
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
Pro 1:3
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
Pro 1:4
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
Pro 1:5
A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Pro 1:6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Pro 1:7
The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
I didn't mean anything by that Ken. I didn't look it up, so I shouldn't have said anything.
OK, dense here, it takes time to gather the pieces, this one was included in the sub heading:
The Jerusalem Bible.
I wonder if that is anything like 'The New Jerusalem Bible'
"I didn't mean anything by that Ken. I didn't look it up, so I shouldn't have said anything."
No, no, you did good. You gave the references as they were typed in the original topic, which I had missed as I was swimming through the text, not recognizing what it was, and mis-supposing that it was just Bugs Bunny's paraphrase of the KJV.
How wrong I was.
This is a good learning experience for me, and I dont' mean any offense at all.
"I didn't mean anything by that Ken. I didn't look it up, so I shouldn't have said anything."
No, no, you did good. You gave the references as they were typed in the original topic, which I had missed as I was swimming through the text, not recognizing what it was, and mis-supposing that it was just Bugs Bunny's paraphrase of the KJV.
How wrong I was.
This is a good learning experience for me, and I dont' mean any offense at all.
Hey, my first double-post. I see we can't delete or edit our posts, so they go as stands.
Now I see Bugs Bunny has posted something about the Newbie, I don't think that relates to what we are talking about here, but He/She might be trying to say that He/She thinks I need to look at the forum structure and helps, etc.
I won't assume.
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction,
do not reject your mother's teaching:
they will be a crown of grace for your head,
a circlet for your neck.
My son, if sinners try seduce you,
do not give way.
no
My son, do not follow them in their way,
keep your steps out of their path
(for their feet hasten to evil,
they are quick to shed blood);
the net is always spread in vain
if the bird is watching.
It is for their own blood these men lie in wait,
their own selves they lie in ambush for.
to this come all men who are after dishonest gain,
which robs of their lives all those who take it for their own.
Wisdom calls aloud in the streets,
she raises her voice in the public squares;
she calls out at the street corners,
she delivers her message at the city gates,
"You ignorant people, how much longer will you cling to
your ignorance?
How much longer will mockers revel in their mocking
and fools hold knowledge contemptible?
Pay attention to my warning:
now I will pour out my heart to you,
and tell you what I have to say.
Since I have called and you have refused me,
since I have beckoned and no one has taken notice,
since you have ignored all my advice
and rejected all my warnings,
I, for my part, will laugh at your distress,
I will jeer at you when calamity comes,
when calamity bears down on you like a storm
and your distress like a whirlwind,
when disaster and anguish bear down on you.
Then they shall call to me, but I will not answer,
they shall seek me eagerly and shall not find me.
They despised knowledge,
they had no love for the fear of Yahweh,
they would take no advice from me,
and spurned all my warnings:
so they must eat fruits of their own courses,
and choke themselves with their own scheming.
For the errors of the ignorant lead to their death,
and the complacency of fools works their own ruin;
but whoever listens to me may live secure,
he will have quiet, fearing no mischance."
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