Proverbs 1-3
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wolfbiblemoonI'm not dividing these up like I did with the Psalms as they seem to run together more.
'Let us all have one purse' sounds like a good Marxist proclamation.
Aside from that, we have lots of rules and warning of the consequences of not following as usual.
Seeking knowledge and understanding will only lead to getting those things from God, really? In fact it goes so far as to claim that your own understanding is not to be relied upon. But then apparently: "Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding." which in a non-biblical context I'd agree with.
The son this is all addressed to is then told to be merciful and truthful in order to find favour in the sight of God and man, so sometimes the opinions of people matter.
A good bit of "do unto others" advice to end on, I think we've already had some discussions on previous posts about how reciprocal altruism is what makes human society work and that it has been part of our evolutionary history for many thousands of years before these rules were apparently devised by God.
'Let us all have one purse' sounds like a good Marxist proclamation.
Aside from that, we have lots of rules and warning of the consequences of not following as usual.
Seeking knowledge and understanding will only lead to getting those things from God, really? In fact it goes so far as to claim that your own understanding is not to be relied upon. But then apparently: "Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding." which in a non-biblical context I'd agree with.
The son this is all addressed to is then told to be merciful and truthful in order to find favour in the sight of God and man, so sometimes the opinions of people matter.
A good bit of "do unto others" advice to end on, I think we've already had some discussions on previous posts about how reciprocal altruism is what makes human society work and that it has been part of our evolutionary history for many thousands of years before these rules were apparently devised by God.
Re: Encouragement
Date: 2010-12-29 04:28 pm (UTC)Re: Encouragement
Date: 2010-12-29 04:36 pm (UTC)