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    Proverbs chapter ten talks about quite a few topics, to list the moral categories mentioned throughout the proverb there is diligence, laziness, language and personal security. This proverb comes from Solomon and starts off with the difference between the foolish son and a wise son. The wise son gives joy to the to the parent whereas the foolish one brings sorrow. In the same sort of comparison continuing on with the foolish like the lazy and the wise like the diligent, the proverb continues on in

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    Proverbs 31 Metaphors

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    Proverbs is a book based on metaphor. It is packed with word-pictures of universal truths. Throughout Proverbs, wisdom is anthropomorphized as a woman. As early as Proverbs 1:20, wisdom is compared to a woman who shouts in the streets, chastising fools and scoffers. Proverbs 31 provides a detailed metaphor of feminine wisdom in the context of a family and a community. A good, supportive, trusting wife is a blessing to a man. A woman who partners with her husband, who is reliable and looks out for

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    Discuss the content, the form and the literary style of wisdom as presented in Proverbs 11 Wisdom literature within the Old Testament consists of a broad collection of books that reflect on Israel’s religious faith. Within the Catholic designation, seven books that of Proverbs, Job, Psalms, Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth) Song of Songs, Sirach and Wisdom are proffered. These books differ in both style and subject matter, nonetheless they share common characteristics which distinguish them from other biblical

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    The Book of Proverbs The book of Proverbs explains the wisdom of the Lord and the duties towards God and our parents. We should praise God for his wisdom because He created us and the world. God tells us that we need to be prepared when we serve Him because He will judge us when we die. We need to accept whatever falls upon us and make the best of it like God would want us to do. The book of Proverbs tells us that we need to cling on to Him which to me that means we should follow

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    and Not Appearances The proverb, “Examine what is said, not him who speaks”, comes from Arab and is stated to learn more about it and it's meaning. It means, in other words, that the quality of a citizen’s character and their knowledge comes before their clothing, appearance, and their skin color. The stated proverb comes from the place of Arab. Arab consists of twenty-two countries total and contains a population of three hundred sixty-six million people. This proverb fits society's beliefs today

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    among all the variety and richness of its poetical significance and forms it is difficult to find more interesting and researchable genre than proverbs and sayings. Proverbs and sayings play important role in language. They give emotionality, expressiveness to the speech. That is why this research paper has the aim to deal with the history of the proverbs and analyze them and their influence upon language, to show their components or equivalents if they exist in compared languages, and the ways of

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    Proverbs 31 Essay

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    BIBLICAL WOMANHOOD BASED ON PROVERBS 31 INTRODUCTION As a fairly young girl, in my early twenties, I read Proverbs 31. Not that that was the first time I was reading it. It just happened that this time, it so captivated and impressed me that I found myself praying it back to God on an almost daily basis after that. I desperately desired to be like this woman of noble character candidly described in Proverbs 31. Could it be that having just come out of that age and season of teenage and adolescence

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    Marilyn Monroe Proverbs

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    rather by your friends” is a proverb lived by many people who have struggled with addiction and thoughts of suicide. This proverb originated from the people in Czech. Ranked at the 6th most peaceful country in the world, the people in this country are very friendly with each other though they had once been captivated by German infidels in 1945. The proverb can be reworded in many ways but mostly by stating don’t fight battles by yourself. Still being used today the proverb helps people suffering from

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    While there are many proverbs in the world, there is one that sticks out the most,‘Crooked by nature is never made straight by education’ which is a proverb that originated from Italy. This proverb means that if from birth a person is twisted, in the sense that they are bad, will never be fixed. It fits in today, or the past, because so many people are born with a corrupted mind set, and the education system tries to fix it, but will fail. Thus this proverb can be seen in the past, with Luis Garavito

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    The books of Wisdom : Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs are hugely different from the preceding books of history. They focus on raising questions about God, creation itself, humanity and the essence of evil and suffering. In Job, we see one of the most famous individuals in the Old Testament. His continual struggles and trials cause him to call out to God for answers, and he receives one in Job 40:2 “Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?He who rebukes

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