Proverbs 24-26
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wolfbiblemoonProverb 24 has a lot of very good advice, it says you should save people who are heading for death, tells you not to engage in schadenfreude, and says that falsely saying a guilty person is innocent is wrong. It also tells the reader not to seek revenge, not to do back to someone what he has done to you (did we already have that part of the bible about seeking an eye for an eye, or do I just know that from elsewhere - either way this is opposite advice).
Proverb 25 continues with the legal advice and warns against rushing into action against a neighbour in case you lose face.
Also it advises against the over eating of honey (while also using eating honey as a metaphor for acquiring wisdom, so I guess you can have too much knowledge?), and visiting your neighbour so much he gets fed up with you.
We should be nice to our enemies because then they will feel bad about being our enemies, that seems like a fair point, some who comment here would do well to remember it perhaps (although enemies is a little strong in the context of my blog!)
Something else to remember, arguing with a fool at their level just makes you look foolish too. Though in the context of a debate about the bible the fool in the debate is a matter of perspective.
We are also warned that trying to make traps and attempting to destroy others will come back on us.
Proverb 25 continues with the legal advice and warns against rushing into action against a neighbour in case you lose face.
Also it advises against the over eating of honey (while also using eating honey as a metaphor for acquiring wisdom, so I guess you can have too much knowledge?), and visiting your neighbour so much he gets fed up with you.
We should be nice to our enemies because then they will feel bad about being our enemies, that seems like a fair point, some who comment here would do well to remember it perhaps (although enemies is a little strong in the context of my blog!)
Something else to remember, arguing with a fool at their level just makes you look foolish too. Though in the context of a debate about the bible the fool in the debate is a matter of perspective.
We are also warned that trying to make traps and attempting to destroy others will come back on us.
Greetings
Date: 2010-09-13 10:18 am (UTC)You!
Arguing with fools
Date: 2010-10-15 01:00 pm (UTC)"Something else to remember, arguing with a fool at their level just makes you look foolish too. Though in the context of a debate about the bible the fool in the debate is a matter of perspective."
The Bible says:
Psalm 14:1
The fool says in his heart,
"There is no God. "
And Romans 1:20-22 states:
For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
I do not point this out as means of an insult, I am just relaying the Bible's sentiment on who is the fool.
May God enlighten you on your journey to read his word.