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Train a child in the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
22:6
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Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
22:15
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Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge.
22:20
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Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.
22:29
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Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
23:5
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Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die. Punish them with the rod and save them from death.
23:13-14
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Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Wine, Snakes
23:29-32
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for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.
24:16
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These also are the sayings of the wise.
24:23
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An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
24:26
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These are more proverbs of Solomon, copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah.
25:1
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Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence, and do not claim a place among his great men; it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.
25:6-7
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A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
25:11
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Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
25:15
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Seldom set foot in your neighbor's house - too much of you, and he will hate you.
25:17
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If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
25:21-22
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Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self control.
25:28
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Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him. Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.
26:4-5
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As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
26:11
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Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
27:1
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Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.
27:2
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As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
27:17
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The wicked man flees though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
28:1
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Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
28:6
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The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
29:15
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Discipline your son, and he will give you peace; he will bring delight to your soul.
29:17
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The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh
30:1
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The most ignorant of men
30
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Give me neither poverty nor riches.
30:8
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The sayings of king Lemuel - an oracle his mother taught him.
31:1
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Kings should avoid strong drink, important obligations
31
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Several Aramaic words may indicate foreign origin.
31
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Give beer to those who are perishing, wine to those who are in anguish. Let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.
31:6-7
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Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
31:30
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Explain why OT poetry might use alphabetic or acrostic poems?
- 1. Artistic or Ascetic value.
- 2. Mnemonic device, memorization.
- 3. Identifiable structure.
- 4. Full or complete expression.
- Examples are Pr 31, Ps 119 (Word of God), Ps 145 (missing letter found in DSS), Lam 1-4.
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How is the phrase "under the sun" important in understanding the arguments in Ecc?
- It is the guiding hermeneutic used 29 times.
- Meaningless things are found under the sun including physical, human experience, work, relationships, time, space, seasons, knowledge.
- God and the spiritual realm are perfect and excluded from meaningless things found under the sun.
- Therefore we find meaning and life only in seeking the Lord and obeying his commands (12:13).
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