Proverbs Part I
We are finally able to move on from the Book of Psalms to the Book of Proverbs. The Book of Proverbs is loaded with verses repeated over and over, or simply reworded five different ways...but still the same verses. One of the things I found interesting in Proverbs was the number of times that avoiding the evil wiles of women is discussed. Does the Almighty have a problem with women? Pick up and read the Book of Proverbs and you just might think He does. Sure, a mere mortal man wrote the book, but isn't it supposed to be God-inspired?
Now let us move on to the first posting for the questions for the verses in the Book of Proverbs.
1. Proverbs 1:4-5, 7
4 for giving prudence to those who are simple, knowledge and discretion to the young—
5 let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance—
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Questions
1. Okay, simple people just don't get certain things due to their simple minds, right? They do not have the mental capacity to obtain and hold more than a certain amount, correct? It is not that they are stupid, no. A stupid person knows better but chooses differently, right? A stupid person can learn prudence, but can a simple person learn prudence when they don't even have the mental capacity to know much of anything to begin with?
2. How is the fear of the Lord the beginning of knowledge? Is it because that to the Lord the most important thing is that He have the mighty fear of those around Him?
3. If the Lord's/God's people serve Him, how does the fear of those who serve Him benefit the Lord/God?
1. Okay, simple people just don't get certain things due to their simple minds, right? They do not have the mental capacity to obtain and hold more than a certain amount, correct? It is not that they are stupid, no. A stupid person knows better but chooses differently, right? A stupid person can learn prudence, but can a simple person learn prudence when they don't even have the mental capacity to know much of anything to begin with?
2. How is the fear of the Lord the beginning of knowledge? Is it because that to the Lord the most important thing is that He have the mighty fear of those around Him?
3. If the Lord's/God's people serve Him, how does the fear of those who serve Him benefit the Lord/God?
2. Proverbs 1:32-33
32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.”
Questions
1. Didn't we just discuss this? Simple people are not the same as stupid people, correct?
2. Would you agree that a wayward person is one who knows better BUT who chooses differently? If such is the case wouldn't a wayward person be synonymous with a STUPID person and not a simple minded person?
3. A simple minded person just does not know any better so how in the fuck can they be considered wayward?
1. Didn't we just discuss this? Simple people are not the same as stupid people, correct?
2. Would you agree that a wayward person is one who knows better BUT who chooses differently? If such is the case wouldn't a wayward person be synonymous with a STUPID person and not a simple minded person?
3. A simple minded person just does not know any better so how in the fuck can they be considered wayward?
3. Proverbs 2:3-5
3 indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,
4 and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
Questions
1. Insight is birthed from understanding which is itself received by the individual, thus HOW can it be justly stated that one would call or cry out for either?
2. Why try to draw a parallel between insight and understanding and the fear of the Lord/God? This is far more than just a little stretch, wouldn't you say?
3. Sooo, is the knowledge of God the fact that He must be feared or that He survives off of fear?
4. What happens to God/the Lord if no one fears Him?
1. Insight is birthed from understanding which is itself received by the individual, thus HOW can it be justly stated that one would call or cry out for either?
2. Why try to draw a parallel between insight and understanding and the fear of the Lord/God? This is far more than just a little stretch, wouldn't you say?
3. Sooo, is the knowledge of God the fact that He must be feared or that He survives off of fear?
4. What happens to God/the Lord if no one fears Him?
4. Proverbs 2:16-17
16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
17 who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.
Questions
1. The Book of Proverbs has a lot to say about avoiding the adulterous woman and seems to go great lengths to make it seem as though it is not really a problem with the man so much as it is a problem with the typical wicked woman. Why is this?
5. Proverbs 2:21-22
21 For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.
16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
17 who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.
Questions
1. The Book of Proverbs has a lot to say about avoiding the adulterous woman and seems to go great lengths to make it seem as though it is not really a problem with the man so much as it is a problem with the typical wicked woman. Why is this?
5. Proverbs 2:21-22
21 For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.
Questions
1. Sooo, when the Native Americans were torn from their lands was it because God thought they were unfaithful? Does it not matter because they were not His people? But doesn't everyone belong to God?
2. Sooo, the problems that modern-day Israel has had with maintaining their land are because they are unfaithful?
1. Sooo, when the Native Americans were torn from their lands was it because God thought they were unfaithful? Does it not matter because they were not His people? But doesn't everyone belong to God?
2. Sooo, the problems that modern-day Israel has had with maintaining their land are because they are unfaithful?
6. Proverbs 3:5
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
Questions
1. Does this mean to NOT trust yourself? How far is one supposed to go with not trusting the self?
2. Isn't it a dangerous thing to NOT trust yourself? Doesn't trust start with the self?
1. Does this mean to NOT trust yourself? How far is one supposed to go with not trusting the self?
2. Isn't it a dangerous thing to NOT trust yourself? Doesn't trust start with the self?
7. Proverbs 3:11-12
11 My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke,
12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.
Questions
1. Have you seen how the Lord/God dishes out discipline?
2. Sooo, when the Lord/God is committing genocide or commanding genocide He is only doing so out of love?
1. Have you seen how the Lord/God dishes out discipline?
2. Sooo, when the Lord/God is committing genocide or commanding genocide He is only doing so out of love?
8. Proverbs 3:13-17
13 Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding,
14 for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.
16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
17 Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.
Questions
1. Sooo, you say wisdom is more precious than silver and gold and then you say that in her hand are riches. That just makes no sense, does it?
2. If God/the Lord is the ultimate in wisdom and the ways of wisdom are peaceful and pleasant, why in the hell isn't God/the Lord more peaceful and pleasant?
1. Sooo, you say wisdom is more precious than silver and gold and then you say that in her hand are riches. That just makes no sense, does it?
2. If God/the Lord is the ultimate in wisdom and the ways of wisdom are peaceful and pleasant, why in the hell isn't God/the Lord more peaceful and pleasant?
9. Proverbs 3:25-26
25 Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
26 for the Lord will be at your side and will keep your foot from being snared.
Questions
1. How is it possible for the Lord to be the one to keep your foot from being snared when in a different set of verses it clearly says the Lord commands His angels to do the protecting?
2. Sooo, who is it who does the protecting? The angels? The Lord? Both?
1. How is it possible for the Lord to be the one to keep your foot from being snared when in a different set of verses it clearly says the Lord commands His angels to do the protecting?
2. Sooo, who is it who does the protecting? The angels? The Lord? Both?
10. Proverbs 3:33-34
33 The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.
34 He mocks proud mockers but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.
Questions
1. Does the Lord/God favor the humble and the oppressed because He feeds off of their immense fears?
1. Does the Lord/God favor the humble and the oppressed because He feeds off of their immense fears?
11. Proverbs 6:16-19
16 There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him:
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,
19 a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
Questions
1. Make up your mind, is it six or is it seven?
2. Doesn't God/the Lord Himself fill at least three of these traits?
3. Hasn't the Lord/God shed innocent blood time and time again?
4. Hasn't the Lord/God devised wicked schemes, like when He purposely hardened Pharaoh's heart?
5. Hasn't the Lord/God stirred up conflict by purposely pointing out differences between His people and others?
1. Make up your mind, is it six or is it seven?
2. Doesn't God/the Lord Himself fill at least three of these traits?
3. Hasn't the Lord/God shed innocent blood time and time again?
4. Hasn't the Lord/God devised wicked schemes, like when He purposely hardened Pharaoh's heart?
5. Hasn't the Lord/God stirred up conflict by purposely pointing out differences between His people and others?
12. Proverbs 9:13
13 Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing.
Questions
1. Isn't an unruly woman different from a woman who is simply a simple minded person?
2. An unruly woman is a woman who knows better. A simple minded woman does NOT know any better. Why in the hell does the Book of Proverbs consistently try to make these two into the same goddamn thing?
1. Isn't an unruly woman different from a woman who is simply a simple minded person?
2. An unruly woman is a woman who knows better. A simple minded woman does NOT know any better. Why in the hell does the Book of Proverbs consistently try to make these two into the same goddamn thing?
13. Proverbs 10:3
3 The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
Questions
1. Sooo, if we go according to this verse all of those who starved during the Holocaust were unrighteous? There were loads of people who went hungry then, right? Weren't many of those people the LORD'S people?
2. The Nazis were ravenous wolves if there ever were any, and those mother fuckers got a huge chunk of what they wanted for quite a while. In fact, the little bastards are still hanging around, aren't they? Sooo, when will the cravings of the wicked, such as the Nazis, going to be thwarted PERMANENTLY?
3. Does the Lord only temporarily thwart the cravings of the wicked? Why?
4. Is the Lord/God only referring to the afterlife and NOT how things go here in the real world? Does the Lord mean that in the afterlife the righteous will not go hungry, but here in the real world many righteous will suffer and starve while the wicked will reap the riches of the earth?
1. Sooo, if we go according to this verse all of those who starved during the Holocaust were unrighteous? There were loads of people who went hungry then, right? Weren't many of those people the LORD'S people?
2. The Nazis were ravenous wolves if there ever were any, and those mother fuckers got a huge chunk of what they wanted for quite a while. In fact, the little bastards are still hanging around, aren't they? Sooo, when will the cravings of the wicked, such as the Nazis, going to be thwarted PERMANENTLY?
3. Does the Lord only temporarily thwart the cravings of the wicked? Why?
4. Is the Lord/God only referring to the afterlife and NOT how things go here in the real world? Does the Lord mean that in the afterlife the righteous will not go hungry, but here in the real world many righteous will suffer and starve while the wicked will reap the riches of the earth?
14. Proverbs 10:12
12 Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.
Questions
1. If love conquers all wrongs then WHY doesn't God/the Lord use love to conquer all instead of bloody wars?
1. If love conquers all wrongs then WHY doesn't God/the Lord use love to conquer all instead of bloody wars?
15. Proverbs 13:11
11 Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
Questions
1. Do you think that Bernie Madhoff knew this?
2. Do you think that the filthy rich televangelists know these verses?
1. Do you think that Bernie Madhoff knew this?
2. Do you think that the filthy rich televangelists know these verses?
16. Proverbs 13:24
24 Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.
Questions
1. Does hitting children really teach them anything other than it is okay to hit other people?
2. Why are children so badly treated in the Bible? Remember when Abraham came that close to sacrificing his son at the request of God? How about the Son of God being sacrificed?
1. Does hitting children really teach them anything other than it is okay to hit other people?
2. Why are children so badly treated in the Bible? Remember when Abraham came that close to sacrificing his son at the request of God? How about the Son of God being sacrificed?
17. Proverbs 13:25
25 The righteous eat to their hearts’ content, but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.
Questions
1. Does this verse mean in the afterlife and not in real life?
2. How many wicked folk in the present times go to sleep with their bellies full?
3. Sooo, are the hungry homeless of the earth all unrighteous?
1. Does this verse mean in the afterlife and not in real life?
2. How many wicked folk in the present times go to sleep with their bellies full?
3. Sooo, are the hungry homeless of the earth all unrighteous?
18. Proverbs 14:4-5
4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests.
5 An honest witness does not deceive, but a false witness pours out lies.
Questions
1. Are these verses really examples of the wisdom of Solomon? Where there are no oxen the manger is empty? No shit, Sherlock.
2. An honest witness does not deceive? Really? Isn't that like saying a glass with water in it is not empty? Seriously.
1. Are these verses really examples of the wisdom of Solomon? Where there are no oxen the manger is empty? No shit, Sherlock.
2. An honest witness does not deceive? Really? Isn't that like saying a glass with water in it is not empty? Seriously.
19. Proverbs 15:3
3 The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.
Questions
1. Well, since God/the Lord IS supposed to be Omni-Present I suppose it could be said that His eyes are everywhere. BUT, is that what this verse means?
2. Does this verse mean that the Lord has eyes everywhere because he has his little angel slaves slinking around keeping tabs on everybody?
1. Well, since God/the Lord IS supposed to be Omni-Present I suppose it could be said that His eyes are everywhere. BUT, is that what this verse means?
2. Does this verse mean that the Lord has eyes everywhere because he has his little angel slaves slinking around keeping tabs on everybody?
20. Proverbs 16:4
4 The Lord works out everything to its proper end— even the wicked for a day of disaster.
Questions
1. Isn't this one of the oft favored verses of Christians when they cannot explain something? Don't worry, the Lord/God has it all worked out in the end, right?
1. Isn't this one of the oft favored verses of Christians when they cannot explain something? Don't worry, the Lord/God has it all worked out in the end, right?
21. Proverbs 17:28
28 Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues.
Questions
1. This is not fucking wisdom. Just because a fool is thought to be wise and discerning because he has kept his trap shut does not make him wise or discerning, right? Even a sleeping dog left to continue sleeping is STILL a sleeping dog and nothing else, correct?
1. This is not fucking wisdom. Just because a fool is thought to be wise and discerning because he has kept his trap shut does not make him wise or discerning, right? Even a sleeping dog left to continue sleeping is STILL a sleeping dog and nothing else, correct?
